Become
Stem
Stem verb - Remove the stem from.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The sarcastic dialogue choices very often stem from how pissed off, disappointed, or done with the world they've become.
Source: Sad Clown - Sephiroth's motivations stem from wanting to become a deity, but the exact mechanisms he's planning to use for this are just as hand-wavey.
Source: Hand Wave -
The Library's problems in the early second season stem from the fact that the Library's mind and spirit have become separated from its physical structure and lost in the world in human form with no memory of its origins.
Source: Series / The Librarians (2014)
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