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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
  • If your bed is already planted, topdress the soil with a few inches of organic matter like wood chips, straw, leaf mold, or pine bark instead of mixing it into the soil.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
  • Rough stone walls, planted roofs, sandy plaster and warm wood allow the buildings to recede into the landscape.
    Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 29 July 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
  • The man with almost no injury was writhing in agony, while the man with a four-inch nail lodged near his brain kept working for six days, not even realizing the nail was there.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Aerial footage of the crash showed the front part of the truck lodged into the side of the building.
    Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 30 July 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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