planted

past tense of plant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of planted After Joplin police reached out to the FBI, the campaign manager told federal authorities that Ross wanted the drugs planted in Secker’s car or purse while Ross was on vacation in South Carolina, the affidavit alleges. Ava Kelley, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 The hope is to grow a population of genetically diverse and resistant trees that can be planted in forests, riverbanks and backyards. Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Since 2022, acutely conscious of the issue at hand, Unipublic, the company that organizes the Vuelta, has planted 2,000 native trees around the country. Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Putin was equally dismissive of a claim by Germany that Russia was responsible for a recent drone attack at Leipzig airport, suggesting Berlin had planted evidence in a deliberate provocation. Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 This garden is where Sofia’s late mother Eloise planted arugula and Francis oversaw every last detail—and the pizzeria remains Sofia’s personal favorite. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 Many mums are perennial and will return year after year if planted early enough for their roots to become established before frost. ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 But since all the Stargate's weight is being planted atop the bed rails, buyers will likely want to look into some sidewall reinforcements before dropping that quarter ton down. New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026 By 1946, approximately 3 million acres of kudzu had been planted on farmland across the Southeast. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planted
Verb
  • The Rainmaker drones seeded in a particular pattern in the clouds, and the resulting snowfall was easy to spot on radar as theirs.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Drivers are seeded 1 through 16, and much like other sports, what’s often more telling is who is peaking at the right time.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The company was founded in Atlanta by Georgia Tech students, and is still headquartered in the city.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Candle True Stories is part of Candle Media, the media holding company co-founded by former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Heifers are bred from between 12 to 15 months of age, and calves have a gestation period just under a year before staying up to 10 months with their mothers.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Many organizations still default to degree requirements because they’re established and easy to understand.
    Raghu Krishnaiah, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • To help support Anthropic and OpenAI fund their deployments, Broadcom established a special purpose vehicle (SPV) platform in partnership with Apollo and Blackstone to facilitate more than 20 GW of compute infrastructure by the end of 2028.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The eight-episode series, written by Peter Ocko, follows a giant tech conglomerate that persuades the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved fallen officer, Alex Murphy (Stevens).
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For the first time ever, it was implanted in an adult born with a congenital heart defect.
    Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This is an expansion of a recall initiated in July by Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur for Publix frozen blueberries and mixed berries.
    Molly Burford, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The recall was initiated after it was discovered by an analyst at TJX (the parent company of the retail stores) that the Chocolatey Eyeballs containing whey (milk) were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The veteran Premier League title-winner will join fellow former England international Kyle Walker at Turf Moor, with Burnley currently rooted to the foot of the Championship after failing to win any of their opening five games of this term.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • After three or four weeks, a gentle tug on the stem should meet resistance, indicating that the cutting has rooted.
    Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 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 8 Sep. 2026.

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