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as in to establish
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 to breed
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 plant
Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 June 2025
The White House has typically refrained from interfering with the agency, which is credited with maintaining a strong safety record at America's nuclear reactors since a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 16 June 2025
Sam Tighe, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Moncada went to the injured list June 2 and is eligible to return Friday but still can’t plant his back leg on his swing.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
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Noun
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps speed boat sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade to commemorate Persian Gulf National Day, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the seaport city of Bushehr, in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 June 2025
The White House has typically refrained from interfering with the agency, which is credited with maintaining a strong safety record at America's nuclear reactors since a partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 16 June 2025
Verb
This feels like as good a place as any to plant the flag.
—Sam Tighe, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Moncada went to the injured list June 2 and is eligible to return Friday but still can’t plant his back leg on his swing.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
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Nearly 40 years ago, the fading working-class neighborhood of Wynwood landed its first cadre of artists when a group fleeing rising rents in Coconut Grove moved their studios into a ramshackle Art Deco-era former commercial bread factory in the shadow of Interstate 95.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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In those cases, the drugs are then banned along with the others at the factory.—
Debbie Cenziper,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
Verb
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But, like all industrious publishers, Dunton had broader ambitions: to seed new publics for his writing.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The company said the drop was caused by a substantial increase in marketing expenditure deployed in seeding new international markets.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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In order to establish a market rate for Orlik’s work, Ford proposed an exhibition at a friend’s gallery, in London.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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The nonprofit James Beard Foundation was established in 1986, shortly after chef and TV personality James Beard’s death.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
17 June 2025
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The residue from earlier high tide lines — wrack lines, as they are called — sits just outside some of the fencing around the nest, even pushing through it in spots, jeopardizing the habitat these birds need to breed.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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Iranians are also religious and ethnic minorities in the wider world, and that has bred existential fears of foreign conquest.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Clients are encouraged to source fabrics from regional mill partners so that fabric can stay local.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 June 2025
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Predatory Sparrow has emerged in the last five years to claim spectacular cyberattacks that have previously disrupted an Iranian steel mill and payments at Iranian gas stations.—
Sean Lyngaas,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
Verb
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For example, The Internet Archive pioneered non-destructive book scanning methods that preserve physical volumes while creating digital copies.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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The winery pioneered the rediscovery of Chiaretto di Nebbiolo.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Verb
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He’s been a fan ever since, changing his rooting interests from Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Chase Elliott (the son of Bill Elliott, whom Oscar associates with his early days as a fan).—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Cultural details specific to London were incorporated throughout, so rooting the office in the city’s identity.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The only noise was the low thump from a boombox in front of a boba shop.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Hartford Courant Set on over 55 acres, the property consists of a service shop with attached residence, multiple hangars, an office building with mezzanine, an unused building and a gathering area with picnic tables.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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