transplanting

present participle of transplant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transplanting 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transplanting
Verb
  • One of three monkeys that escaped after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate has been found, according to authorities.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Nip that sentiment in the bud by taking them out the following August for a few days of hauling fertilizer, picking rocks, wrestling farm implements, and driving tractors over unseen wasp nests.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the time of the incident, DHS defended Bovino's actions saying that a Border Patrol transport van transporting undocumented immigrants was attacked by demonstrators.
    James Hill, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • While Iguaran was waiting for relatives to send more cash, and earning small amounts of money working odd jobs, the men who operate the fishing boats transporting migrants to Colombia cut him a break.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Sedarat is charged with two counts of transmitting a threat in interstate or foreign commerce, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Sederat was charged with two counts of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, prosecutors said.
    Tom Winter, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • China last tested its ICBM force in September 2024—its first since the 1980s—when a DF-31AG missile carrying a dummy warhead was fired toward international waters in the South Pacific, within the region's nuclear-free zone, according to a Newsweek map.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the 29 Starlink satellites toward LEO, where were deployed on schedule about an hour into flight.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Block, who’d previously pleaded guilty to playing a role in the Bangkok Six, a smuggling case involving baby orangutans, was given five years of probation for intentionally conveying false information through the mail.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The petulant, back-stabby intrigue between various parties here sometimes makes the hero rather unsympathetic, with photogenic singer-actor Pena Hernandez’s puppyish turn not conveying a great deal of complexity, let alone artistic o intellectual potential.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many global companies are now hiring or relocating leadership roles to their GCC offices in India.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Western and Southern Open was in talks with Charlotte for months about relocating its tournament from Cincinnati, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The robot vacuum has 8,000Pa suction and a multidirectional floating roller brush with rubber and bristles, which does an excellent job of removing dust and debris from carpets.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But whereas many abundance advocates typically talk about removing government impediments to growth, such as zoning restrictions, Rodrik focusses on government interventions.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Bandit had been found on a rural road in the middle of nowhere and would have died had his rescuer not been driving past.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That driving tension and anxiety are largely thanks to the team of artisans, which included composer Volker Bertelmann, editor Kirk Baxter and sound designer Paul Ottosson, who worked closely behind the scenes on their respective crafts to bring it together.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Transplanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transplanting. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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