potting

verb

present participle of pot
as in seeding

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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
  1. seeding
  2. planting
  3. drilling
  4. putting in
  5. transplanting
  6. sowing
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  • That’s in part because the blaze hit during the plants’ peak growth season, which will prevent surviving plants from seeding future plants.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
  • Careful consideration of cover crop species selection and drone seeding timing will improve drone seeding success.
    — Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Definition of seeding
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  • Some transportation companies are doing more than planting trees.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Mercer recommends planting lychee in full sun with at least six to eight hours of direct sun each day, as this will allow for the best growth and fruit production.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of planting
Verb
  • Jacobs did not run with the starters Thursday, but did register a run-stuff and sniff out a screen for what would have been a loss while drilling with the second unit.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The challenge has been finding large enough deposits that drilling for the universe’s most abundant element is worth the effort.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of drilling
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  • Most governments have so far balked at putting in place mandatory rules about what safeguards companies developing advanced AI systems need to build into their models or have in place internally to guard against losing control of AI agents.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Volunteer in Your Community With students typically putting in community service hours during the school season, summer can see a dip in volunteer numbers.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
Definition of putting in
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  • 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
Definition of transplanting
Verb
  • Together, Snaps and Pop have been central to sowing bad will, especially within the Thomas family.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of sowing

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