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as in root
the source from which something grows or develops
ancient Greece provided the seed for much of Western civilization's political and philosophical thought
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as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the famous stallion's seed can be found on racetracks all over the world
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Recent Examples of seed
Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
With the win, Boston improved to 50-24 and clinched both a playoff spot and a top-four seed in the Eastern Conference.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Cameras seeded with back doors are easy to imagine.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But the seeds for this loss were actually sown a night earlier.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
With the win, Boston improved to 50-24 and clinched both a playoff spot and a top-four seed in the Eastern Conference.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
The music industry found a way in by booking artists on popular livestreams, which would then be clipped and seeded across platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram and X.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Cameras seeded with back doors are easy to imagine.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seed
Noun
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But the film also sees the roots of toxic nativism elsewhere, especially in the wars being waged in Ukraine and Gaza, both of which become passing points of conversation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Gatewood had been tasked with overseeing the Johnson administration's efforts to address the root causes of crime and violence in Chicago and coming up with a plan for public safety.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In addition, there are over a dozen offspring growing throughout our property.—
Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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In the wild, these mutants are hopeless, failing to send offspring into the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The jury found that the trooper and another radioed a false location to headquarters before entering the apartment, and one of them decided to plant a gun at the scene afterward before his partner persuaded him against it.—
Lawrence Mower,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Participants will make a seed ball that can be planted to grow wildflowers.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Her book also sheds new light on the origins of Steinem’s most passionate beliefs—from a childhood rat bite that opened her eyes to the dangers of poverty to her attendance at the 1970 Women’s Strike for Equality that honored the right to vote.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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Leadership teams and emerging executives should understand the origins of their industry.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Most, if not all, of the vegetables, fruits, flowers and other starts in the nursery are sourced from California or somewhere in the West Coast.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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This focus on their past appeals to the story’s lowest hanging fruit, which is its sense of incipient tragedy, the foreclosure of the possibility for happiness.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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The crew has been in medical quarantine since March 18 to protect their voyage from hitchhiking germs.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Why tire himself out, become completely exhausted and out of breath, crumple up the bedsheets that were changed just a few days ago, get someone else’s germs all over himself, and then reek of sweat afterward?—
Agnieszka Szpila,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The changes will take effect April 3, marking the beginning of Teel’s third stint as CEO of Raley’s.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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At the beginning of their time on the stand at the trial in which Evans pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter of a peace officer and elected to have a jury assess her punishment, the witnesses answered prosecutors’ introductory questions with flat speech.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Seed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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