planted

Definition of plantednext
past tense of plant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of planted March Madness often requires a kind of commitment that keeps you planted on the couch, eyes fixed on the TV, snacks within reach. Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026 The field is planted with a profusion of Wildflowers including Oxeye daisies, Field Scabious, Knapweed, and Kidney Vetch. Caroline Donald, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2026 It can also be planted with other shrubs to steal the spotlight, or grouped along other birds of paradise. Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026 These brave souls forged new frontiers for nation-states and planted the right flag for posterity. S.c. Stuart, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026 Altadena After the Eaton fire, Altadena resident René Amy planted a quarter billion California poppy seeds across more than 750 properties in the area. Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 As the board continued to debate the plans for the tree, board member Jon Gripe noted that, since the tree is currently planted in a pot, one solution could be to use and move the tree around amid the upcoming celebrations while the board continues to discuss where it will be planted permanently. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 In celebration of the gardens' 50th anniversary, staff at Dixon Gallery & Gardens planted a record 650,000 tulip bulbs across 17 acres. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Dick dug the hole in the hill, cemented it all in and then borrowed 2 acres of land from a friend who had 13 acres—back in those days, such transactions were simpler—and planted a vineyard. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planted
Verb
  • Arkansas is seeded fourth, Texas Tech fifth and BYU sixth.
    Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Arkansas is seeded fourth, Texas Tech seeded fifth and BYU seeded sixth.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Indian hotelier Ashok Khanna founded the place as a response to epidemic stress levels, with a mission to rebalance holistically.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Encode is led by Stanford University student Sneha Revanur, who founded the organization in 2020.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In October 2025, the the La Crosse County District Attorney and Ridglan Farms agreed that the facility would surrender its Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection license and would not sell dogs purposefully bred for biomedical research, according to WKOW 27.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The puppies were three or four months old and had been raised by a serious man who bred dogs for police use.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Setting an example Leju, a humanoid robot company that established a robot training center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, with state support, has created environments such as an automobile assembly line, a smart home, and an eldercare facility within a 10,000-square-foot ㎡ space.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Several of the newest members, picked by Kennedy and his allies, have questioned established medical research on vaccines.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The main device is implanted in the brain and does not penetrate brain tissue.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Invasive BCIs like Neuracle’s are surgically implanted in or on the brain.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Requests can be initiated by a property owner whose land touches the street or by a City Council member.
    Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.
    Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The data suggests the slump in academic performance is not rooted only in instructional disruption.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • According to former federal officials, cartels’ avoidance of deliberately targeting Americans is rooted less in ideology and more in risk management.
    Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • And that’s the exact advantage Mansfield Summit’s smothering defense created in the Class 5A Division II state championship.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2026
  • 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, 15 Mar. 2026

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“Planted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planted. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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