Thesaurus results for BORNE (DOWN)

borne (down)

verb

variants also born (down)

Definition of borne (down)

past participle of bear (down)

as in weighed (upon)

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Dimethyl ether, or DME, is a gas that can be compressed into a liquid at room temperature under 75 psi, a relatively low pressure similar to that of a bike tire.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
My salary has been compressed by decades of raises well below inflation and stagnant institutional pay scales.

— Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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The earnings come as many consumers continue to spend less, pressured by macroeconomic conditions.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Three others in the group — 14, 15 and 16 at the time — implicated Noling in the slayings of the Hartigs during a burglary but later retracted their statements, saying that police pressured them to name Noling as the shooter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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In addition, the way graduation rates are reported across BIE schools was changed to address flawed data collection that previously depressed the numbers.

— Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Rising costs of components, supply chain constraints, and weaker consumer demand that are all partly linked to the Iran war have depressed smartphone sales in much of the continent, resulting in the slowest growth of shipments to Africa in two years, research firm Omdia said.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 8 June 2026

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