roots (for)

present tense third-person singular of root (for)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And the Railroad Commission sometimes approves flaring smaller volumes than requested, which is not captured in the data.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Caucus faces another hurdle as Etherton acknowledged the organization needs to raise another $15,000 to implement alternative voting quickly after the October annual meeting if the membership endorses the proposal.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Advertisement But, like in Hungary, the plan wouldn’t be able to come to fruition without a complicit Congress, and a Supreme Court that endorses excesses without explanation.
    Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For longevity, Poole highly recommends applying a chemical protector to couches.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The study recommends a large-scale mechanical removal of the muck, and the use of algicides and other measures to keep it from growing back.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Broncos head coach Sean Payton regularly commends Lazzaro’s work, both in terms of on-field data and research, and also in the scouting and draft realms.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hastings says that the move to Miami will enable the festival to reach a true plurality of Latin demographics, avoiding the regional tendencies of both Southern California, where Mexican and Central American nationalities dominate culturally, and New York, which favors Caribbeans.
    Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Woodard favors muni bonds that have solid discounts and elevated yields.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Roots (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roots%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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