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verb

past tense of invest
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as in inducted
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen

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as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell

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Recent Examples of invested
Adjective
And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Lockheed Martin has invested $250 million in the Strigo facility to support seeker development. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 General Motors has invested nearly $200 million in the past year to modernize internal skilled trade careers and manufacturing, engineering, and technician roles. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 The private equity firm invested separately in Cleveland’s WNBA franchise, the Sirens, which starts play in 2028. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026 According to JPMorgan, an investor who put $10,000 into the S&P 500 and missed its 10 best trading days between 2005 and 2024 would have ended up with less than half the wealth of someone who stayed fully invested. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 If, say, a Chinese model developer can piggyback on all the money and computing power those companies have invested, the incentive to keep making new models starts to evaporate. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Since 2021, San Jose Water has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure including pipes, pumps and plants. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 RedBird had already invested $2 billion in David Ellison’s Skydance Media for its takeover of Paramount Global, a deal that closed in August 2025. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 The school has invested heavily in the team, but results have been average at best to this point. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invested
Adjective
  • Investors can use this list as a starting point — along with referrals — to find an expert who is well-suited for their family's needs.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Spanish royal is known for her suited style, wearing pieces by such designers as Carolina Herrera, Bleis and Hugo Boss, among others.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Thomas’ life was tragically cut short in a car accident involving a Porsche that Douglas had gifted her.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • James Johnson gifted him his own brand-new Jordans when Powell complimented them during a pre-draft workout.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company is working on a Siri AI-enabled smart home hub that comes with a six-inch display that users can mount to their wall or place on a table, Bloomberg has reported.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Consider Inside Membership a slick, Uber-like alternative to traditional PR agencies, streamlining the process of bookings, content creation and measurement of ROI, since it’s all enabled by proprietary technology.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and graying hair.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Much like Olivia Colman for Miu Miu’s spring 2027 show, Lyonne embodied the brand’s spirit, clad in the designer’s pieces from head to heel.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Webb was not yet 40 when he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The 75-year-old was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The settlers who carried out the attack in Jalud overnight are the same group who besieged the home of a Palestinian-American in the neighboring village of Qusra last month, local residents say.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The village built on the Luna Rossa base’s docks — its metallic structure wrapped externally in reflective foil — is an immersive, low-light space with modular wooden and aluminum displays intended for flexibility.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • With fashion month just wrapped and various fall getaways in the works (including a handful of post-fashion month R&R long weekends), team Vogue is scattering this season.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Invested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invested. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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