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broken in

ADJECTIVE
experienced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplished capable competent mature professional qualified seasoned skillful sophisticated trained veteran wise
STRONG
accustomed cultivated dynamite instructed matured practiced rounded sport tested tried versed vet
WEAK
adept been around been there expert familiar having something on the ball in the know knowing one's stuff knowing the score old old hand practical pro the right stuff well-versed worldly worldly-wise
Antonyms
STRONGEST
amateur green ignorant incapable incompetent inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented untrained
WEAK
immature unfamiliar unknowledgeable unseasoned unsophisticated

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Federal prosecutors from the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation in 2024 into whether any criminal laws were broken in connection with the undisclosed relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Ukraine’s navy posted a satellite photo of the damaged ship, which appeared to have broken in half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Paris region is suffering through its third heatwave this year during a summer in which temperature records have broken in several countries across Europe.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

There were photos of trees broken in half at the trunk, Molina said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

But before he was even half way she’d suddenly broken in and started to talk herself.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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