planted

past tense of plant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of planted Cole dug rainwater swales, installed a woodstove, and planted vegetables. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Dutch womenswear label, Róhe, has planted its flag at 77 Mercer street. Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026 Black gum will adapt to most soil conditions, but must be planted in acidic soil. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026 Other times, his feet are more planted but the hook’s power is generated from the arc of the punch being wider. Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Popular committees stored food for curfews, set up clinics, and planted backyard gardens (until Israel outlawed them in 1988). Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 How floating solar panels work Instead of attaching panels to racks planted in the ground, engineers mount them on floating platforms. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 More than 2,000 miles from ground zero, thousands of flags were planted into West Sacramento soil to help sow the seeds of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Crews removed grass over 4,400 square feet, put down mulch and park benches and planted 173 species of native plants, such as deer grass, ceanothus, sticky monkey flower, red buckwheat and manzanita. Paul Rogers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planted
Verb
  • Another waning idea is the guess that space rocks may have seeded life on this planet.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • One that is gaining steam, sources said, is a plan to create that new fund, seeded with money from both owners and outside investors.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Contour Circuits, founded by Secor and former graduate student Jeremy Rurup, received a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer contract to advance the technology.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At Micam, curation takes place in sections like the Emerging Designer event area, founded in 2018.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sometimes a young cow may not be bred during the rut, but will come back in heat later in the year.
    Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • There are several types of dogs that were originally bred for work, making these breeds excellent hiking partners.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This turns the tables on them, with one of crypto's biggest and most established companies working to appeal to wealthy investors who may want options with a range of strategies and asset classes.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • What distinguished their negotiations was that Kissinger and Zhou each established a true intellectual appreciation for the other as a partner.
    Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But new guidance from the Texas Medical Board includes only a case study with an ectopic pregnancy that can be seen in an ultrasound, remaining silent on the difficulty of early ultrasounds to detect where a pregnancy has implanted.
    Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • People can direct them by sending electrical stimulation to electrodes implanted near their antennae.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In April Bangladesh health officials initiated a large-scale measles vaccination campaign, targeting some 18 million children.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, plaintiffs contend that the commission initiated the early renewal proceeding to retaliate against plaintiffs in violation of the First Amendment.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The estate’s appeal is rooted not only in its scale and flexibility, but also in the character of the main home itself.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vining types like Monstera adansonii, on the other hand, can be rooted just like vining pothos or philodendrons.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The use of chemical weapons would add to mounting human rights abuses and atrocities by both sides in a war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In May 2020, Naming the Lost, a public art project, created temporary memorials to casualties in all five boroughs.
    Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Planted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planted. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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