- present tense form of become (3rd person singular).
becomes
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The company’s portfolio of AI hardware and software is “unmatched and arguably becomes more important with agentic AI,” Ackerman wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Digger,” the studio’s final release before it becomes part of the new Skydance on Tuesday, opened to an estimated $8 million in the U.S. and Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Evans becomes only the third British man to win the WRC title after Colin McRae in 1995 and Richard Burns in 2001.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Shifting the moment when the universe becomes transparent changes the size of the observed patterns in the cosmic microwave background.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
As a living organism becomes more complex, its cells differentiate—that is, they specialize.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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