planted

past tense of plant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of planted They must be placed next to the headstone and cannot be planted or placed in a metal or glass vase. — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 Stand comfortably with your feet planted on the floor, or sit down in a chair. — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Nov. 2026 Once planted in the soil, the seeds remain dormant over winter. — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Once planted, the surrounding soil provides insulation and helps protect the root system from extreme temperature fluctuations. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 9 Nov. 2026 On the right side of the property, Peter planted several fruit trees, including a couple of fig trees, a pomegranate, plum and olive trees, a persimmon and guava. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 Visitors will also learn how these three plants protect and nurture one another when planted together, in honor of National Native American Heritage Month. — Kat Tran november 7, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Then came the record ocean heat of 2023, when even restoration efforts could not save most of the endangered elkhorn and staghorn corals planted in the Keys. — Steven Vollmer, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 The Constitution planted the seeds, and some of those seeds didn’t bear fruit for some time. — Sarah Gordon, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planted
Verb
  • To demonstrate this, the researchers seeded the platform with human cardiac cells, which gradually grew into and around the mesh, integrating the electronic network into the developing tissue.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Among those cosmic relics are raw organic building blocks, the kind that may have seeded life on Earth.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Kindred Black, founded in 2014 by Alice Kindred Wells and Jennifer Black Francis, illustrates the model.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Malone, who founded the company in 1999, will step down as chairman emeritus but remain a senior advisor.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • This has bred a culture of entitlement and an insatiable desire for the government to do more, while many demand to work less, if at all.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Schubarth subsequently bred offspring of the Montana Mountain King to captive bighorn ewes on his farm west of Great Falls.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Many of the big-ticket lots being offered are by historical, blue-chip artists whose careers were firmly established in the 20th century, from Kandinsky and Monet to Warhol and Basquiat, as opposed to living contemporary artists.
    — Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Once established, these authorizations enabled the attackers to continue moving assets independently of Binance’s normal withdrawal infrastructure.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In the newer episode, the older Darvin travels back in time to assassinate Kirk, plotting his revenge with a bomb implanted in an unfortunate tribble.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Ji-hyun and Nakano were both the product of IVF, and their embryos were implanted in their respective mothers on the same day.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The bank initiated coverage of Astera with an outperform rating.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Marco Topete, who shot and killed Yolo County sheriff’s Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz in June 2008 after fleeing a traffic stop Diaz had initiated in the rural community of Dunnigan.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • How to Remove Dead Annuals From the Garden Many annuals are shallow-rooted and easily removed from the garden, but be careful not to disturb the roots of nearby perennials.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Maybe because their connection was so deeply rooted, the proposal resonated with a complete stranger.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Planted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planted. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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