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implanted

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verb

past tense of implant

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Recent Examples of implanted
Verb
But the team is still several steps short of a device that could be implanted in an eye or even work in actual night-vision glasses. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 At home in Novato, Vantrease lifts his shirt to show where a catheter was surgically implanted to drain uncomfortable fluid buildup in his abdomen. Laurie Udesky, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Normal mice were drawn to the scents—but not mice whose granule cells had been silenced by optical fibers that the researchers implanted in the animals’ brains to switch these cells on and off. Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 29 July 2026 In Robocop, a giant tech conglomerate convinces the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved, fallen officer. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 July 2026 The new series will follow the franchise’s premise in which a giant tech conglomerate convinces the city to add a robot implanted with the consciousness of a fallen officer to its police force. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026 For instance, non-invasive EEG systems generally capture weaker and noisier signals than implanted brain devices, making accuracy and reliability critical hurdles. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026 The magazine’s anatomically graphic photos—rats butchered alive, dogs with their faces sliced open, monkeys screaming at the electrodes implanted in their abdomens—seemed like windows into hell. Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 Just like a cardiac pacemaker responds to the heart’s rhythm, the team’s implanted personalised adaptive DBS (aDBS) responds to the rhythm of walking. New Atlas, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanted
Adjective
  • Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The famed Tondré Vineyard, planted by the late Tondré Allarid in a former broccoli field, was also the source of a fabulous 2022 JMC Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, paired with a wild mushroom and goat cheese crostini.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Five women in green uniforms and rain boots dug up weeds and planted new vegetables as Malonga talked about the soil, the project’s foundation.
    Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And the reasons may be rooted as much in Southerners’ attitudes about being overweight as in their diets and exercise patterns.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • These two models exist simultaneously in Jewish history in the image of uprooted and powerless Jews on the one hand and rooted and empowered Jews on the other.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • It is earned in increments, and a fixed level of autonomy ignores that completely.
    Ravi Palwe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • On the first Thursday over 100,000 fans visited a complex which has around half that many fixed seats.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Even the same people who bred Flaco for captivity stumble through answers about why keeping wild animals in confinement is, somehow, the right choice for them.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
  • Chief was bred and adopted in North Carolina, but was later found at a shelter.
    Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • As all this plays out, consumer complaints about credit reporting have skyrocketed, with more than 4 million lodged with the CFPB in 2025.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors said the bullet Lagrone fired struck Manns in the arm and lodged in his spine.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Our mum’s a voracious reader and really instilled reading.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 May 2026
  • 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 8 Aug. 2026.

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