- past tense form of become.
became
Example Sentences
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Around the same time, New Mexico became the first state to succeed in a lawsuit against Meta over child safety issues.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
During the mission, Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the space station for a spacewalk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Her account became public this week when she shared it with the Phoenix New Times, the city’s alternative newspaper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Or you might have seared in your mind the image of the beaked masks that plague doctors wore in the 1600s, which, given the lack of treatments at the time, became closely associated with death.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
In 1945, sulfone drugs became the treatment of choice at Carville, and the results had been promising in the years since.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
