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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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Recent Examples of implanted
Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
Hodak works primarily on brain-computer interfaces (BCI), or technologies that decode brain activity to perform physical actions, sometimes using chips implanted in the brain.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Around 3 million Americans are currently walking around with one implanted inside them.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
When the woman is ready to try and have children, even years later, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized and implanted in her uterus.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 31 May 2026
From search-and-rescue drones navigating tight rock crevices to flexible medical devices implanted in moving joints, the potential applications are vast.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
These structures wouldn’t be able to develop into humans even if they were implanted into a uterus.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
My right leg was broken in three places which required surgical repair and a permanent titanium rod implanted along my tibia bone.
—Michael Miller, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
On April 21, 2025, TJ had a Left Ventricular Assist (LVAD) device surgically implanted to help his heart pump blood throughout his body.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
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The wearable operates differently from implanted vagus nerve stimulation and was not designed to treat PTSD symptoms in the same direct way.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
Hodak works primarily on brain-computer interfaces (BCI), or technologies that decode brain activity to perform physical actions, sometimes using chips implanted in the brain.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Around 3 million Americans are currently walking around with one implanted inside them.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
When the woman is ready to try and have children, even years later, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized and implanted in her uterus.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 31 May 2026
From search-and-rescue drones navigating tight rock crevices to flexible medical devices implanted in moving joints, the potential applications are vast.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
These structures wouldn’t be able to develop into humans even if they were implanted into a uterus.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
My right leg was broken in three places which required surgical repair and a permanent titanium rod implanted along my tibia bone.
—Michael Miller, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
On April 21, 2025, TJ had a Left Ventricular Assist (LVAD) device surgically implanted to help his heart pump blood throughout his body.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanted
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But only when connected locally to the car—there’s no embedded modem, so forget about remote access.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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The pilot, which used Avery Dennison’s embedded RFID sensor technology in garments, demonstrated how the scannable system can accurately and automatically capture data needed to handle garments at scale.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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The vineyard everyone thought was crazy Perhaps the purest expression of Terras Gauda's faith in Caíño Blanco is La Mar, a single-vineyard wine sourced from a dramatic hillside site planted almost entirely to the variety.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Winemaker Kristina Shideler utilized some of the estate’s oldest vines, planted in 1982, to craft this bottling.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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Though rooted in research and development, reliable, frequent precipitation measurements had value for agricultural, disaster management, weather forecasting, flood prediction and other applications.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The script is rooted in Yan’s years living and working in Beijing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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The Unaware Performer delivers, but within a fixed range.—
Mustafa Abdelmonem,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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That makes any potential threat to those payments particularly concerning, and that's especially true for retirees who are struggling to keep up with rising costs and debt obligations on a fixed income.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Approved for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020, the pigs are bred as part of an experimental effort to harvest animal organs for transplantation into humans.—
Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Jon Stewart, a born and bred New Yorker, kicked off his Monday night installment of The Daily Show celebrating the momentous victory of the Knicks, shouting out sanitation workers and the community of NYC for coming together to celebrate the team’s triumph for the first time since 1973.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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The owner of a former South Florida nursing school, accused of selling fake diplomas to students who then used the credentials to become licensed nurses, pleaded guilty this week to some of the federal charges lodged against her.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Earlier this month, an Iranian drone costing less than $30,000 lodged itself between the two pilots of a $40 million Apache helicopter, leading to the chopper’s crash.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Our mum’s a voracious reader and really instilled reading.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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Mika’s mother - a CPA, professor, and philanthropist - instilled in her an early understanding of legacy as something actively lived and carefully protected.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Implanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanted. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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