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as in founded
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 bred
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 planted
Some villagers sat in the shade of towering fig trees, while others planted yams or dug the soil with tree branches.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
There, golden bamboo is freshly planted, new curvilinear furniture is featured, high tea is served and Mount Fuji can be spied in the jaw-dropping panoramas on clear days.
—Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Thyme will rot away when planted in a wet spot.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
The third image zooms out showing this bathroom is a miniature and man has planted his foot into the tableau.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
Students planted sunflower seeds to take home while learning about livestock, farming and agriculture from Ramona FFA members.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
However, while fig trees planted in the ground require little fertilizer, container figs must be fed three or four times per year with a balanced mix specifically made for fruit trees.
—Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026
After the exhibition closed, the gallery planted the tree on its property.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
It was planted in front of a wall running east to west, so the southern sun was blocked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
There, golden bamboo is freshly planted, new curvilinear furniture is featured, high tea is served and Mount Fuji can be spied in the jaw-dropping panoramas on clear days.
—Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Thyme will rot away when planted in a wet spot.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
The third image zooms out showing this bathroom is a miniature and man has planted his foot into the tableau.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
Students planted sunflower seeds to take home while learning about livestock, farming and agriculture from Ramona FFA members.
—Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
However, while fig trees planted in the ground require little fertilizer, container figs must be fed three or four times per year with a balanced mix specifically made for fruit trees.
—Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026
After the exhibition closed, the gallery planted the tree on its property.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
It was planted in front of a wall running east to west, so the southern sun was blocked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planted
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Hammer entered his third straight NCAA outdoor championships seeded 17th.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
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Both players’ exploits put them in line to be seeded at Wimbledon, which starts June 29.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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The James Beard Foundation was founded in 1986 and is named for the legendary cookbook author who has been called America’s first foodie.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The company was founded in 1998 by skydivers Chris Hall and his father, John Hall, and for nearly three decades has operated out of Butler Memorial Airport.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Approved for consumption by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020, the pigs are bred as part of an experimental effort to harvest animal organs for transplantation into humans.—
Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Jon Stewart, a born and bred New Yorker, kicked off his Monday night installment of The Daily Show celebrating the momentous victory of the Knicks, shouting out sanitation workers and the community of NYC for coming together to celebrate the team’s triumph for the first time since 1973.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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The Wright brothers launched their airplane factory at a time when Dayton had established itself as one of the world's most innovative cities, according to Lockhart, who noted that Dayton was the home of several world-changing inventions at the time.—
Randy Tucker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The Cleveland Foundation is considered the first community foundation, established in 1914 by lawyer Frederick Harris Goff as a way to fund durable change in the city.—
James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The wearable operates differently from implanted vagus nerve stimulation and was not designed to treat PTSD symptoms in the same direct way.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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Hodak works primarily on brain-computer interfaces (BCI), or technologies that decode brain activity to perform physical actions, sometimes using chips implanted in the brain.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
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California public records request Willows officials on March 18 initiated a mediation request regarding the law enforcement services contract with the Sheriff’s Office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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When TetraTech initiated this cleanup process, there was a lot of talk in the early stages of the process about what types of protective equipment would be effective for workers, and the company chose the lowest level standard.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Though rooted in research and development, reliable, frequent precipitation measurements had value for agricultural, disaster management, weather forecasting, flood prediction and other applications.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The script is rooted in Yan’s years living and working in Beijing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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The dam is one of three that created the boating and fishing lake in the early 1900s.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
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“Planted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planted. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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