potting

present participle of pot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of potting For dry soil, water plants immediately after potting or soak the whole pot in water for 30 minutes. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potting
Verb
  • Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • European leaders fear pro-Russian groups are seeding AI chatbots with propaganda.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Water them before planting if the pots have dried out.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • Drones offer a potential alternative cover crop seeding method by enabling interseeding of cover crops, the practice of planting one crop into another crop before harvest.
    Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • The goal scorer then took an artful first touch before drilling it home.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
  • SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC on June 12, when the company went public, that SpaceX planned to build pipelines and process ​its own propellant, and was looking into drilling its own natural gas.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Putting on a community festival is no small feat, but around town, folks are putting in hard work to make fun happen this weekend.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 24 June 2026
  • Level 3 – Strengthen Integrity Level 3 seeks to strengthen Integrity through putting in the reps to strengthen each of its elements.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Remember to harden off the seedlings for a week or two before transplanting to avoid transplant shock.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys and hearts into people, but this is believed to be the first attempt to transplant a pig lung into a human.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Still, tech companies’ race to invest in the expansion of AI infrastructure could ultimately be sowing the seeds of future oversupply, according to Philip Straehl, chief investment officer at Morningstar Wealth.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Many sunflower varieties bloom as soon as 50-60 days after sowing, providing a big early-season boost of color.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2026

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“Potting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potting. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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