planted

past tense of plant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of planted 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 Designed in the style of a 16th century French château, the resort saw its first vines planted in 1981, and the hotel officially opened in 1985. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026 Prada’s spring 2027 show, built around the idea of the skirt—63 of them, to be exact—planted the first seeds in my mind. — Pernille Teisbaek, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026 Tender Salvias Hardy salvia plants can be planted in spring or fall, but tender salvias, like pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) and Mexican bush salvia, should only be planted in spring. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2026 Together, Delta and TreePeople have committed to installing 1,000 trees; the event marked the 250th tree planted of their collaboration. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 So can food plots, especially those planted with timely species. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026 What a cool way to end last week’s game, when Smith intercepted Daniel Jones and then planted the football on the 40-yard line, a nod to his 40th career interception. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Oct. 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
  • The company was founded by Kush Agarwal and Arvin Singh, who have backgrounds in aerospace engineering and aircraft development at the University of California, Los Angeles.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Jacob Bickelhaupt co-founded the now-shuttered Konro restaurant in West Palm Beach, where his ex-wife was a partner.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 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
  • When they were smashed into molecules consisting of two ordinary hydrogen atoms, the muonic atoms implanted themselves within those molecules and assimilated one of their hydrogens.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The approach, called magnetomicrometry, measures changes in the distance between magnetic beads implanted in muscles.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Investigators must still determine how much cryptocurrency remains accessible to whoever initiated the transfers.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Colts initiated a blockbuster to kick off the trade deadline period, sending Nelson, an All-Pro guard, to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a 2027 third-round pick and 2028 fifth-round pick on Tuesday.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Maybe because their connection was so deeply rooted, the proposal resonated with a complete stranger.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Richard’s hands, Creole culture is rooted and migrant, soil and air.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That flag created a lot of debate, and people studied a slow-mo video and a second view of the penalty.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The company was created by Palmer Luckey, the founder of the military defense company Anduril Industries, and Ben Lamm, the co-founder of the genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Planted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planted. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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