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verb

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Recent Examples of sprout
Noun
Legal challenges sprouted as soon as the changes were announced, and a federal judge in Kentucky recently overturned Biden's changes, The Washington Post reported. Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Here, regal Colonial-style buildings rest on 2.5 acres, with lush green vegetation sprouting up all around. Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
Verb
Bindweed readily sprouts from seed or underground roots from spring through fall. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025 However, the surprise hit was the Brussels sprouts cooked in a pineapple liquid. Carole Dixon, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sprout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprout
Noun
  • This is especially good for those staple items kids are always using – notebooks, binders, folders, colored pencils, pens and more.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
  • Does a person with this much contempt for texts by day insist on reading aloud to his kids at night?
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Rumors the man lost a limb are incorrect, friends of the victim with Raw Surf posted on the business' Facebook page.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 July 2025
  • Managers often stand in a single, harsh spotlight, but management is a collaboration and the right-hand man is often as vital as a limb.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Okra is a super-fast crop that germinates quickly in warm soil.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 8 July 2025
  • Like many seeds, peach seeds require a period of cold treatment called stratification to germinate properly.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Look for flower spikes that are beginning to decline, and cut the stem just above a set of leaves or side shoots.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
  • Too much nitrogen fosters loads of vegetative (leaf and shoot) growth and little reproductive (flower and fruit) growth.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The company specializes in producing large scale festivals, including ACL Fest, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and NYC’s Governors Ball.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 10 July 2025
  • Farmers in Connecticut have navigated an uncertain federal funding landscape in recent months, sparking concerns that the costs for both producing and purchasing food would increase.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Your email photo showed a top with two large buds developing.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
  • Sowing Brussels sprouts seeds too late in the season causes growing buds to be more vulnerable to heat stress, leaving you with smaller sprouts.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • In the first quarter of 2025, G.D.P. growth was slightly negative as consumer spending weakened, and imports surged as businesses front-ran the tariffs.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • In 2017, the airport published its area growth and development plan that included the creation of a logistics hub south of the facility.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025

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“Sprout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprout. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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