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spawn

verb as in produce

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His work over the years has spawned an industry that created thousands of well-paying jobs for people across the country, he said.

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“The Fast and the Furious” did well enough to spawn sequels, but the series really exploded with the release of the fifth film in the franchise, 2011’s “Fast Five.”

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Assembly Bill 715 was among the most hotly contested education-related measures, spawning from dissatisfaction, largely among a coalition of Jewish groups, to the way ethnic studies has been taught in some California classrooms.

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Earhart's disappearance during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe spawned numerous theories - from a simple crash due to fuel exhaustion to more elaborate claims of Japanese capture or US government espionage.

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Shasta are advised to be aware of the continued risk of avalanches in higher-elevation areas days after the peak was rocked by a slide that spawned 60-foot snow walls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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