IMPLANTS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

implants

verb

present tense third-person singular of implant

as in plants

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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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 implants The mere juxtaposition of Musk and Tony Stark implants the idea that the former inspired the latter. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Pregnancy begins after an embryo successfully implants in a uterus. — Mimi Zieman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 The firm initiated coverage of the shoulder implants stock with a buy rating and a $20 per share price target in a Sunday note. — Brian Evans, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 The process safely implants a device the size of a rice grain into a pet, said Celene Mielcarek, head of program operations at PAWS Chicago. — William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

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Moving plants indoors during cold snaps can keep mums in flower longer.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026
The repeal’s effect on power companies’ present-day decisions – which plants to continue to operate, what to build and with what pollution controls built in – affects the electricity prices consumers pay now and over the coming decades.

— Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

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However, her performance soon takes on a more grounded, childlike cadence, which roots the supposedly amnesiac Margot a little too firmly within the literal, especially for a tale whose poetry lies in its uncanniness.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

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Its rural nature — isolated from the rest of the country and with many of its communities accessible only by air or water — breeds a self-reliance.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The company granted Hayes free food for life at any location, though familiarity, to misquote an old adage, breeds boredom.

— Tom Roland, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

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The brand embeds itself in the treatment room, too, not just on the retail shelf.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
By running a masternode, Clear Street embeds itself directly into the core consensus layer, taking on the heavy lifting of verifying transactions and steering network governance.

— Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

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