Word of the Day 10/08/22 Been

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Been (verb)
been [ bin, ben ]

verb
1. past participle of be.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH BEEN
bean, Ben, bin

WORDS RELATED TO BEEN
breathe, do, last, prevail, move, remain, rest, stay, persist, live, continue, subsist, stand, act, survive, inhabit, hold, obtain, abide, endure

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Origin: Old English beon, beom, bion "be, exist, come to be, become, happen," from Proto-Germanic *biju- "I am, I will be."

HOW TO USE BEEN IN A SENTENCE
Aksyonov has great fun inventing a culturally pureed lexicon for his might-have-been cosmopolitan Russians.
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Let me say, flat out, that Harold Conrad was the single most happening, been-everywhere/done-everything cat I ever met.
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Many men (and women) evaluated Sarah Palin, the could-have-been GOP vice president from Alaska, based on her appearance.
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As for the event itself, well, the has-been is Sarah Palin, and the obnoxious man is Donald Trump.
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