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trodden

American  
[trod-n] / ˈtrɒd n /

verb

  1. a past participle of tread.


trodden British  
/ ˈtrɒdən /

verb

  1. a past participle of tread

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“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025

As hip-hop rose from the streets to the mainstream in the 90s, the rappers and hustlers that broke through had few role models who had trodden that path before them.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

Just one step down from the edge of the turf was the white, blown sand of above high water, warm, dry, trodden.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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