- past participle of tread.
trodden
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“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
"It's about meeting people that have done similar things, trodden similar paths, and being able to discuss that, and laugh and joke about things that have been happening," Dr Bennett says.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
Self-funded for much of her teenage years, Kartal's route to professional tennis was not the most well trodden, while she also did not pick up a racquet for two years because of injury.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
It didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary—just trodden dirt weaving around the trees.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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