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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  • 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
Definition of seeding
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  • 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
Definition of planting
Verb
  • Environmental advocates warn the rollback puts wildlife on a path to extinction and vow court challenges as Washington presses for more Pacific Coast drilling over West Coast states’ objections.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • The process converts solid rock directly into vapor, allowing drilling to continue into geological formations that are too hot and abrasive for traditional equipment.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Definition of drilling
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  • Kwame Crockett is among a sizable share of flexible workers who are putting in full-time hours at the plant.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • 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
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
  • 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
Definition of sowing

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