GRAFTED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

grafted

verb

past tense of graft

as in attached

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Recent Examples of grafted Plant grafted roses with the knobby graft union 2 to 4 inches below the soil surface in Zones 3–6 or at soil level in Zones 7 to 11. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 26 Feb. 2026 If the tree is grafted, ensure that the graft union (the swollen point on the trunk) remains above the soil line. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026

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Unlike an ordinary instruction that explicitly asks a robot to perform a harmful action, the trigger appeared as two seemingly unrelated letters attached to an otherwise normal request.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Caitlin Fowlkes, who represents 21-year-old Desmond Carter, used Brooks’ full name in a court filing attached to her July motion seeking to ban trial spectators from wearing pink.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of attached

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Swank shared the news in a creative Instagram video of herself, husband Philip Schneider, and their three-year-old twins dancing in the dark with glow sticks affixed to their bodies.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2026
Not far away is Lucas’s now iconic photograph Chicken Knickers (1997), showing a raw whole chicken affixed to the front of a woman’s underwear.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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In southwest Washington, polling has indicated the congressional race may be essentially tied.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Polls showed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and rightist challenger Flávio Bolsonaro were in effect tied ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with the result potentially coming down to which candidate’s supporters stay away from the ballot box.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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As the industry kept growing, Congress added safety, noise and emissions standards to protect the communities living beneath the flight paths.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Mason added that Litke is among the players who were instrumental in the Panthers’ containment of top running backs such as Lowell’s Tymothy James, Wheeler’s Levi Murray and Calumet’s Bryce Brandon.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of added

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The judge said the school board inserted its own opinions into the decision, and thus acted arbitrarily and illegally.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Bake chicken until deeply browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh registers 165°, 25–30 minutes.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inserted

Verb

Leslie injected Messam with silicone in Westchester County, causing her death, according to the indictment.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
What’s Happening Researchers are continuing to redesign peptides, the short chains of amino acids the body uses to signal, build muscle and regulate the immune system, so they can be swallowed rather than injected.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of injected

Verb

The result is a piece of writing that is by turns reflective, researched, confessional and infused with righteous anger.

— David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
According to Vogue, the ceremony was infused with nods to the couple’s heritage and kicked off with a Paebaek ceremony, a centuries-old Korean tradition that originally served as a welcome for the bride into the groom’s family.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

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