Becoming
Becoming adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Earned and becoming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earned" instead an adjective "Becoming".
Nearby Words: become, becomingly
Both words in one sentence
- In the second book, he kills a real blademaster (one who earned a blademaster's sword by becoming a blademaster) in a fair fight.
Source: Beginner's Luck -
Badass Gay: Before becoming a vampire, Lestat liked sleeping with both men and women and also earned the fairly badass soubriquet "Wolfkiller." Bad Boss: Armand to the Parisian Children of Darkness.
- Upon becoming the NHL's head disciplinarian, former NHL player Brendan Shanahan earned the nickname "Shanaban" due to his frequent suspensions of players for disciplinary infractions.
Source: Fan Nickname / Sports
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