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
  • View gallery - 4 images Belgium's Bike43 has revealed a nifty cargo ebike that can grow as your family or hauling needs change.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That included branding civil rights advocacy and speech defamatory, a breach of the peace, or hate speech, and hauling activists into courts and jails.
    Time, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Courtney is a food delivery robot from Serve Robotics, transporting Uber Eats orders typically when there’s a mile or less between a restaurant and a customer.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Combs was convicted under the Mann Act, which bans transporting people across state lines for prostitution.
    Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Black and Afro-descendant women in Colombia are at the heart of these songs, transmitting this legacy from generation to generation.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Pistorius warned that 39 Chinese and Russian reconnaissance satellites were flying over Germany transmitting real-time surveillance data and said NATO allies needed to develop offensive capabilities needed to be developed in space to deter any threat.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The suspect, Jihad Al-Shamie, was not carrying a firearm and the only shots fired were by responding law enforcement officers, Watson said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Amato cautioned that even if the method works, carrying a pregnancy at an advanced age poses significant health risks.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps that was the message Tocchet was conveying to the youngster Saturday morning, when the two were seen chatting at center ice for a few minutes before practice.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • None of them are conveying imminent danger.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ebert said that the festival has already been approached by concerned locals who are trying to figure out funding, and relocating elsewhere is still a possibility.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the bank is relocating down the road to the Harris Building at 13024 Ballantyne Corporate Place.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the building feels temporary, with United having previously discussed removing it.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More than 200 bodies are still on the mountain, left there because of the difficulty, risk, and cost of removing them, the database says.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In bodycam footage provided by Ory, the gold truck's driver said the woman driving the car behind him caused the wreck after pulling into the other lane to avoid colliding with the back of the truck.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Transplanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transplanting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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