- present tense form of become (3rd person singular).
becomes
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Schwarzenegger’s character, a Los Angeles police detective, goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, falls for fellow teacher Joyce and becomes a father figure to Dominic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
First, the material's atomic structure becomes distorted, disrupting the arrangement and chemical environment necessary for its properties to function.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
A new report from Goldman Sachs tells investors to focus their attention and attach a premium to those “companies that can sustain growth as it becomes more scarce.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Captivity becomes strangely captivating as the author explores how the camps reshaped their prisoners’ inner worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
When the potential energy in the fault becomes greater than the force, called friction, that holds the plates together, the top plate breaks free and springs upward.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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