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as in planted
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in rooted
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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as in embedded
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Recent Examples of implanted
Bernice Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
The scientists created embryos that were implanted in surrogate dogs.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
In Davidson’s case, her ovaries were producing eggs despite the lack of functional womb, so prior to the transplant, Davidson and her husband had in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to create embryos which were frozen, so they could be implanted after the transplant.
—Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That ovum is allowed to develop into an embryo and then implanted in a surrogate mother’s womb.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
These embryos were then implanted and nurtured through interspecies surrogacy, ultimately leading to the successful birth of a once-extinct species.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Apr. 2025
But adaptation to other novel environments is possible, as Vander Heiden discovered when his group implanted human breast cancer cells into either mammary fat or the brains of mice.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Conventionally, temporary pacemakers comprise electrodes that are implanted in the heart muscle.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
The microchip device is implanted under the pet's skin during a simple, painless procedure.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Over the years, other scientists have implanted false memories of events, such as knocking over a punch bowl at a wedding, traveling in a hot air balloon or putting Slime in a teacher’s desk.
—Bernice Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
The scientists created embryos that were implanted in surrogate dogs.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
In Davidson’s case, her ovaries were producing eggs despite the lack of functional womb, so prior to the transplant, Davidson and her husband had in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to create embryos which were frozen, so they could be implanted after the transplant.
—Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That ovum is allowed to develop into an embryo and then implanted in a surrogate mother’s womb.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
These embryos were then implanted and nurtured through interspecies surrogacy, ultimately leading to the successful birth of a once-extinct species.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Apr. 2025
But adaptation to other novel environments is possible, as Vander Heiden discovered when his group implanted human breast cancer cells into either mammary fat or the brains of mice.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Conventionally, temporary pacemakers comprise electrodes that are implanted in the heart muscle.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
The microchip device is implanted under the pet's skin during a simple, painless procedure.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanted
Verb
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Some of them, though, are embedded in that seabed.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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This certificate, embedded as metadata in the document, would create an unalterable record of its authenticity and source.—
Quora,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There’s also bread-making forest hikes, and no fixed schedule.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In most matches, there is no fixed point in attack.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
9 June 2025
Verb
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The preview touches on the rage lodged at callous McVeigh.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
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The charges were the first to be formally lodged by the ICC against Russian officials since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Implanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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