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
  • Careful consideration of cover crop species selection and drone seeding timing will improve drone seeding success.
    Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Daugherty recommends planting various evergreens to provide food and shelter for birds over the winter.
    The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Although the video does include a rig that involves drilling a mast beam (or thwart) into the canoe’s upper hull edge ( or gunwales), there is also a route that instead uses clamps.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Paramount also must win the approval of British and European regulators, who are known for drilling deeply into media matters because of their influence on society.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Brooklyn cruised to a 3-0 lead without needing Rachel, putting in the bench players to lose the meaningless final and will look to regroup tomorrow.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The day of the great Casa recoupling, a day that will change lives, the Casa boys in the villa are putting in serious work to earn their spots.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 29 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
  • Meanwhile, frightful aftershocks continued to rock the area, sowing terror in a population already reaching the limits of endurance.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The candidate filing prompted accusations by the senator and his allies, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, that the challenger is a sham candidate intent on sowing chaos.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026

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“Potting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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