brought
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verb
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- unbrought adjective
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Alphabet brought in $113.8 billion in the final three months of 2025, powered by its core search business and cloud computing, earnings figures showed.
From Barron's
That has brought the streamer many industry foes, because it slashed costs and squeezed Hollywood.
From Barron's
Native Americans were forcibly removed from their lands in the development of this nation and enslaved people were brought to America involuntarily.
From Los Angeles Times
The spirit of collaboration has brought U.S. figure skating into a new golden age.
From Los Angeles Times
What mattered was the brilliance both painters brought to the genre each transformed in equal measure.
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