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  • past participle of spin.
  • past tense form of spin.
Definitions

spun

[spuhn] / spʌn /
ADJECTIVE
netted
Synonyms


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The new simulations suggest that such a star cannot be spun up nearly as much during later passages.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

The next year, Tang spun the company now called Z.AI out of his Tsinghua lab, funding it in part with a data-analytics platform he ran that had clients such as Google and IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

But “Heartbreak Hotel” and “You Oughtta Know” were regularly spun in the car.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Yet, “To Share a Stomach” lays down — gingerly, gently — an alternate connective thread, spun from a mutual recognition of fallibility.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

I hadn’t spun that much gold, but it was already choking me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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