grafting

present participle of graft

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Fatemian takes a single vegetable at a time, starting with the carrots, and works his way around the edges, inserting the veggies into the arugula so they’re partially supported by the greens.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The local media loved this and similar stunts the group pulled, such as attaching wings to bicycles, attempting to fly over the river, and towing bicycles on rafts behind canoes.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The film begins with a notation that Short illegally recorded one performance of the show by attaching two microphones to a chain link fence that served as Godspell’s spare backdrop.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The improvements came in the passing attack, with wideout Javen Nicholas recording a career-best 11 catches for 122 yards, coming just one shy of tying Austin Duke’s program reception record of 12.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, Democrats have worked to nationalize the race by tying Earle-Sears to Trump and his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Wisconsin, the secretary of state is responsible for recording acts of the governor, affixing the great seal, keeping custody of state records, laws, books and more.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Try these exercises and gradually progress them by adding more resistance, sets, and repetitions over time.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Allen, the reigning NFL MVP, went 33 of 46 with 394 passing yards and two touchdowns, while adding 30 rushing yards and two scores on the ground.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi—which the FDA approved in 2023 as the first medication to treat the memory disorder—is now available in a self-injecting pen, Leqembi Iqlik.
    Alice Park, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The nautical cardigan The preppy trend is riding high for fall 2025, which means injecting a bit of knitwear with nautical notes into your everyday wear only makes sense.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Empress Tavern, the basement-level restaurant adjoining the theater which shut down during the pandemic, reopened this spring for private events and concerts hosted by a local nonprofit.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • By 1938, the Netherlands had a 1,170-mile main-road network, 866 miles of which had adjoining cycleways.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Get your full air space fix by tagging on visits to the American Space Museum and the Sands Space History Museum.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The center has been tagging and releasing wild butterflies with communities across Milwaukee for nearly 25 years, contributing to national and international population tracking, said Amanda Tokuyama, the center’s GIS and field data manager.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Grafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grafting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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