begotten
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Its shrinking budget has begotten a shrinking member base, leading to an even smaller budget.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2024
He trusted the promise of John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019
Recent decades have seen the museum organised by way of a stately procession, in which art movements and -isms were shown to have begotten other movements and -isms.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019
The Bible, reportedly the most translated book of all time, has begotten not only the longest-running debates about translation, including the endless war between fidelity and felicity, but also some notable misconceptions.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018
All the children born or begotten in that year, and there were many, were fair to see and strong, and most of them had a rich golden hair that had before been rare among hobbits.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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