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

“The creative inspiration people got from cheese boards has begotten creative inspiration for a lot of things,” she says.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020

Globetrotting has begotten congressional scrutiny and the media’s glare.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2019

The concept started in Los Angeles in 2012 and has since begotten showcases around the world, along with a monthly incarnation in Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

But Roy had been begotten in the marriage bed, the bed that Paul described as holy, and it was to him the Kingdom had been promised.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin