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Noun
Charges of legislative graft are as old as the republic itself.—Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2025 In the latest in a series of scandals, Sanchez is currently under investigation for alleged graft in his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
At Coachella, there were no special guests or dynamic tweaks, just the innovative strain of music and performance that grafted her brand of hip-hop onto mainstream pop.—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025 In recent years, tomato varieties grafted onto bacterial wilt resistant rootstocks are becoming increasingly available.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for graft
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb (1)
Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo-French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write — more at carve
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