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borne

[bawrn, bohrn] / bɔrn, boʊrn /
ADJECTIVE
carried
Synonyms


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So far, Google’s outsize investments have borne fruit: last quarter, cloud-unit sales were up 48% from the year before, with 154% operating profit growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

This view hinges on a low opinion of democracy and the fourth estate that has, to some extent, been borne out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

These are nice theories, but they are not borne out by the data, as the red columns in the chart show.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

If those numbers are borne out in the real world, most people on GLP-1s may have some kind of undesirable GI effect from them.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

That she was, even now, adrift—like an ulola flower borne by the wind.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor