drawn on

verb

Definition of drawn onnext
past participle of draw on
1
as in created
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense

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2
as in approached
to come near or nearer night draws on, so we should hurry home

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn on
  1. created
  2. brought
  3. spawned
  4. come up
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  • For each service ticket, there’s a range of data available, including when the ticket was created and resolved, where multi-hops occurred and where the service process stalled or ran into difficulties.
    Shoeb Javed, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Five Trail is the flagship whiskey brand under Coors Spirits, created as a blend of American whiskies.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of created
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  • As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
  • County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of brought
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  • SpaceX’s beefs with regulators over policies, timelines and recent environmental and safety violations have spawned broad speculation about when Starship could next fly from South Texas.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Hip males in their 20s and dads in business suits stop by in equal measure to touch the luxe calfskin of the boot-sneaker with the exaggerated tongue that has spawned countless copycats.
    Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of spawned
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  • Gino Filippone was at a dinner with seasoned real-estate brokers this spring when the obvious topic came up: the NAR settlement.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The larger cities in the Bay Area, while mostly coming up in the middle of the pack, did make improvements from last year.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of come up
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