as in decomposed
to go through decomposition plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molded To show their appreciation for the high school that molded them, and for some, like Maresh Doe, to give back. —
Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers. —Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026 And furniture being cut from pine, molded, sewed, finished. —Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 Posey still has plenty of potential to be molded due to his athleticism and defense, but needs to continue to work on his jump shot. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026 Jarocki molded that talent and got it to gel at the perfect time with decisive wins over Arapahoe in the Great 8 and Denver East in the Final 4 before beating Northfield 54-51 in a back-and-forth championship. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison. —Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 The fittings, which were previously SLS-printed, are now injection molded for better durability. —Ben Coxworth march 25, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026 First-year coach Flynn Clayman reshaped his roster through the transfer portal and molded it into the Big South’s top offensive and defensive team, powering the Panthers back into March Madness. —The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers. —Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026 And furniture being cut from pine, molded, sewed, finished. —Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 Posey still has plenty of potential to be molded due to his athleticism and defense, but needs to continue to work on his jump shot. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026 Jarocki molded that talent and got it to gel at the perfect time with decisive wins over Arapahoe in the Great 8 and Denver East in the Final 4 before beating Northfield 54-51 in a back-and-forth championship. —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison. —Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 The fittings, which were previously SLS-printed, are now injection molded for better durability. —Ben Coxworth march 25, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026 First-year coach Flynn Clayman reshaped his roster through the transfer portal and molded it into the Big South’s top offensive and defensive team, powering the Panthers back into March Madness. —The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
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The body was so badly decomposed that the deceased’s gender could not be determined, said police.— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Clements said the mistaken identification may have happened because the creature decomposed and lost its telltale shell before it was fossilized, complicating identification.— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
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The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.— Jessica Riley, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
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United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.— Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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The ceiling was noticeably bowed, and the floor was partly rotted.— Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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It was revealed in court that the beech tree at the center of the incident had decayed prior to the branch falling, according to the Evening News and BBC.— Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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This correlation survived as the quarks formed hyperons and persisted even after the hyperons decayed in less than a tenth of a billionth of a second.— Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
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