begotten

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“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

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., sent a detailed list of questions to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about his financial history this week, and those questions have now begotten further questions.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2018

Or, if begotten, to have fallen from the womb Straight into the grave, And to be smothered, unknowing, In the dirt of Hades.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson