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as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony
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as in to breed
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes
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Recent Examples of plant
Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Water at the base of the plant instead to keep foliage healthy and blooms looking beautiful for as long as possible.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
So who is right, the students, who plant themselves in the now, or the forlorn historian?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In short, the Duisburg project is both a pilot plant and a blueprint, showing how legacy steelworks can hybridize blast-furnace islands into modern, multi-technology hubs.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Water at the base of the plant instead to keep foliage healthy and blooms looking beautiful for as long as possible.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
Before his golfers planted a single tee into the ground this season, Torrey Pines High School coach Chris Drake made a bold proclamation.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
So who is right, the students, who plant themselves in the now, or the forlorn historian?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plant
Noun
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Your body's blood-making stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), are like factory managers who work best when calm and rested.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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And don't forget to perform your own factory reset on iPhone, Android, PC or Mac to ensure no old accounts, locks or data are lingering on the device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Transitional pressures seed in during the Virgo solar eclipse.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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The countless initiatives that surfaced after August 15 were seeded during the dark years of the colonial period.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Baby Boomers experienced more traditional career models, while Gen Z is still in the early stage of establishing financial security and could feel limited in taking such breaks.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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With the goal of being a resource for both emerging and established creative talent, the 2,000 square-foot space will soon introduce educational initiatives and mentorship opportunities led by filmmakers hoping to inspire the next generation of storytellers.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Roland Emmerich became Hollywood’s king of disaster in the 1990s — mainly by cross-breeding the genre with alien and monster pictures, like Independence Day and Godzilla.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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When these chickens breed, their offspring could produce eggs and sperm carrying dodo traits.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wood of sequoias is considered brittle, and few logs made it to the mill.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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Old mills crumble from the mountain sides and a milky turquoise river twists past white rock beaches to our right.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fluoridation was pioneered in Grand Rapids, but other Michigan communities are either dropping it or debating it.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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One promising approach is being pioneered by the RISE Collaborative model.—
Nina A. Kohn,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The wildly successful, influential industries rooted on opposite ends of California have long eyed each other warily.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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In fact, this loss indicates that the hair has rooted and entered the regeneration process.—
Wyles Daniel,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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More than a single eatery, there is actually an entire complex called Old Mill Square that is home to multiple restaurants, a creamery, distillery, general store, pottery studio, and several other shops.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rowan opened its first studio in 2020 in New York City, where customers could get their ears pierced by a nurse and shop for earrings.—
Jennifer Liu
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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