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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.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potting
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But the idea that foreign influence is seeding a populist campaign against AI facilities is far-fetched, experts told Semafor last month, noting that Chinese media is instead likely exploiting existing US divisions over the tech.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
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After seeding, keep the planting bed moist with light daily waterings for the first two weeks.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
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Clearly, whoever had previously owned the place wasn't just planting crops.—
Jacqueline Goldblatt,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
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Plant Varieties With Different Bloom Times There are early, mid-season, and late peony cultivars, and planting some of each type stretches the peony bloom up to several weeks.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
12 June 2026
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Storage would fill, drilling economics would worsen, and production cuts would follow.—
Dan Eberhart,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The process begins with a femtosecond laser cutting GaN dielets from a wafer and drilling precise cavities into the diamond substrate.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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Bloomberg described it as well oversubscribed, with several institutional investors putting in orders for $10 billion worth of shares.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Accent Aigu Entertainment, which contirbuted 20% of the budget, was the producer, with Bell putting in 30%, Sphere another 20% and provincial and federal funding accounting for the rest.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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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
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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
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The companies were included in a previous version that was posted briefly in February before being withdrawn minutes later without any explanation, sowing confusion about the Pentagon’s intentions.—
Kate O'Keeffe,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Last year, Kennedy’s ACIP didn’t issue a guidance on COVID vaccines until September, then softened the recommendations for their use, sowing confusion as pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and patients tried to figure out who was eligible for the shots and whether insurers would pay.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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“Potting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potting. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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