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molted

verb

past tense of molt

as in shed

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside a crab molts its shell as it grows larger

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Recent Examples of molted The burns have begun to heal slowly, but the osprey’s flight feathers have not molted, the process where old feathers are shed and new ones grow in their place. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Pinky’s fame grew even as the bird bent, molted and faded with each turn of the calendar. — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

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Against that backdrop, the royal visit signals that Spain is shedding its longstanding reluctance to send its monarchs to the exclaves, Amirah-Fernández said.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Nagy continued working as an artist in the years afterward, eventually shedding his austere black-and-white collage aesthetic to make colorful paintings and installations in the ’90s.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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Combine 1 large red or yellow onion, finely chopped, 3 celery stalks, finely chopped, 1 large carrot, peeled, finely chopped, 1 tsp.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
To save time, look for pre-cut, peeled butternut squash cubes in your supermarket.

— Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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