become
verb (used without object)
to come, change, or grow to be (as specified).
becomes
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present tense formof become (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Extreme” pushes an assumption until its weakness becomes visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Pentagon is considering a $5 billion loan to Fluidstack as AI infrastructure becomes increasingly important to U.S. national security.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
As the team works within it and the clothes move through the space, the store becomes a backdrop that is never quite fixed, but continually responding to the world being built around it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"That's why all these years down the road, we're still getting new identifications, because we're just continuing to retest and retry with every new technology that becomes available," Soler said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Combine the long-range and short-range perspectives and the result becomes the central paradox of the revolutionary era, which was also the apparently intractable dilemma facing the revolutionary generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
