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  • past participle of drive.
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driven

[driv-uhn] / ˈdrɪv ən /


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Many investors aren’t too concerned with extraordinary profit growth being driven by a small group of companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Places like Shibuya, then, are a natural fit for what Ertel describes as a renaissance of meaning, driven by vinyl’s resurgence.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

This challenges the traditional assumption that the earliest stages of bird evolution were driven primarily by the demands of flight.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Lobsterman Steve Train starts every workday before dawn about $1,000 in the hole, a hike in expenses driven by soaring fuel costs that are hammering Maine's flagship maritime industry ahead of US midterm elections.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Every day they were driven into the underground chamber Nhamo had seen, and a huge fan blew their smell through the forest.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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