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  • past participle of dawn.
  • past tense form of dawn.

dawned



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And it just dawned on me as I'm sitting there looking out at this.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

And when Folarin arrived a few weeks later, entering the world just hours before Independence Day dawned, he did so as an American citizen.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

But as the EV age dawned, helped by top-down policy such as generous subsidies, Chinese firms hit the throttle.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

“It never dawned on me that four years later I’d be like, the murmur is bigger than it ever was,” Glannan said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

As the day of the full moon dawned and blossomed, her restlessness turned into something more, well, cowlike.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood



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