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transpired

[ tran-spahyuhrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of events) having taken place:
If it weren't for a few recently transpired events, this may have very well been a day of celebration.
emitted or given off through the surface, as of the body, leaves, or porous material:
Recycling transpired water in the greenhouse can reduce water requirements for the plants inside it by as much as 90 to 99%.
Environmental Science. relating to or being a panel or sheet having perforations allowing the passage of air heated by solar energy:
The transpired air collector—a metal sheet with tiny holes to pull air through—takes advantage of the sunlight to heat the building on a cold Colorado day.

Greste has also taken a stand in prison as a staunch critic of what has transpired.

The Barclays Center where the Duke and Duchess will be seated would have stood in thick of where the pivotal action transpired.

But Lewis could describe what transpired in the minutes that followed.

What actually transpired could have landed Rice in prison for between three and five years.

Many of us have watched in horror at the events as they have transpired in this suburb of St. Louis.

Their reason for altering this plan and sending Peter to the School of Jurisprudence has not transpired.

It transpired, when the men came up, that there was no unanimity about going to Government House.

Nothing further transpired, however, and the readers of the halfpenny press for once were deprived of their sensation.

And then it transpired that even a greater sacrifice was required of her—she was to be forbidden to see Thyrsis at all!

First, nothing was to be expected from investigation at the Rectory; and to be brief, nothing has transpired.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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