BORROWED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

past tense of borrow

as in adopted

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story

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Anning co-founder and CEO Sophie Broun believes that methods borrowed from the oil and gas industry could unlock this energy source. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2026 But these companies are just two of the dozens that have borrowed billions of dollars at high interest rates to expand at a breakneck pace. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 Justice Department By late 2024, the accountant found, Boston Finance Group had borrowed just shy of $100 million from the nonprofit and only paid back around $19 million. — Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The painting will be displayed alongside an ancient relief borrowed from the National Roman Museum, reportedly introduced to Rembrandt through a reproduction, that inspired his depiction of Bathsheba attended to by a footmaid. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The lending team has sat on both sides of the table, as producers who have borrowed against tax credits and pre-sales and as the institutional capital that structures those loans. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 Consider what can be borrowed, shared, revised, or delayed without losing the larger goal. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026 Law firm Quinn Emanuel’s March memo on data-center debt was making the rounds in recent days, laying out worst-case scenarios for the hundreds of billions of dollars being borrowed and spent to fund the AI buildout. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Jaguar Land Rover This level of tech, much borrowed from Jaguar’s Formula E racing program, means the Type 01 is a deliberate upward repositioning for the brand. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

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Since storming out of that horse in July, Christopher Nolan’s film has become the assumed Best Picture front-runner on the basis of its epic scale, strong reviews, and record-breaking grosses.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
But despite the assumed protection from the White House, anti-AI public sentiment could still force an atypical level of agreement in Congress on the subject of AI.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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But using dogs to investigate crimes wasn’t widely adopted until the mid ‘80s, Gould said.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Luna was a stray for her first year before she was found by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and adopted.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of adopted

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The Blackpink singer is sitting next to the brains behind Tame Impala on a worn brown leather couch at a music school in Boston.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
Everything is designed to mix and match, so building a capsule from Splits59 feels less like acquiring and more like editing down to what actually gets worn.

— Zoë Mackay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of worn

Verb

Once such fallacious arguments were enthusiastically embraced, the horror of the Shoah was not far distant.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Although dominated by Democrats, the California Legislature has hardly embraced a wealth tax, even for the ultra-rich.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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