produce
verb (used with object)
to bring into existence; give rise to; cause.
had produced
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past perfectof produce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They reversed course in January 2016 but by then the "one-child" policy, coupled with a preference for boys, had produced a shrinking pool of women and a stark gender imbalance.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Before this discovery, Early Miocene fossil sites in North Africa had produced remains of monkeys but no confirmed apes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Big Blue’s research division announced Thursday that it had produced the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0.7 nanometer node.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Administrators noted that a Shaw’s grocery store receipt the parents had produced had the date and time “smudged out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Inej traced her finger over the rough sketch Wylan had produced, a series of embedded circles.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
