Definition of "spawned" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of spawn. (verb)

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• "Before you turn your nose up at the prospect of playing nearly a twenty year old NES game, take in the fact that this title spawned some 10 über-successful sequels and inspired one of the GBA's finest titles -"
• "You could not watch cable news last week without hearing about "the Bradley effect" - a term spawned after Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley lost the California gubernatorial election to state Attorney General George Deukmejian in 1982 by one point, despite pre-election polls that showed Bradley, who was black, had a seven-point lead."
• "Although you argue, “the House is voting on legislation and leaving it up to others to decide whether all or only part of that legislation becomes law,” separate bills spawned from a deeming rule is something Congress explicitly voted on, not unlike explicit votes on separate bills."