TRANSPLANTING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

transplanting

verb

present participle of transplant

as in hauling

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Recent Examples of transplanting 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 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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Pitcher said crews are still hauling large boulders and rockfall more than a week later.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Adapting to the shock of higher prices meant that Crippen, who was hauling merchandise for online retailer Amazon, pushes the limits on the federal rules regarding driving time to increase time behind the wheel and lift earnings.

— Kris B. Mamula, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of hauling

Verb

Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Then the Iran war sent the prices of diesel and fertilizer soaring, which increased the costs of transporting beef and growing feed.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of transporting

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Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 continue transmitting data past the heliosphere billions of kilometers away, while New Horizons successfully powered its 2015 flyby of Pluto using nuclear heat.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Certain mosquito species have gotten a bad reputation for transmitting diseases, including malaria, but other insects help control their populations.

— Chris Elphick, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of transmitting

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The development is part of China’s broader push to establish a low-altitude economy covering drones, cargo aircraft and passenger-carrying vehicles.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Competence doesn’t require carrying the entire arrangement yourself.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of carrying

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These nonverbal characteristics are important for conveying emotion, and paralyzed people unable to move their facial muscles lose their ability to communicate in this critical dimension.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Robin Martin is charged with conveying a hoax and mailing threatening communications.

— Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

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Beyond Currently capped at $750 million annually, California’s Film & TV Tax Credit program has for over a decade put an emphasis on relocating series as a way of boosting production in Hollywood.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
The opening represents a return to familiar territory for Owens, who grew up in California and established his namesake label in Los Angeles in the 1990s before relocating to Paris in 2003.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of relocating

Verb

The platform offered another reason, however, for removing Polson's articles and blocking his accounts from further submissions.

— TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
With the Democrats’ takeover of Congress, time has run out on eliminating the Department of Education—not that this was possible without removing the Senate filibuster—or making any other significant legislative changes.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

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The tokens burned spitting out anti-Waymo opinions are part of a monthslong battle between Waymo and its rivals over whether the autonomous driving company can operate commercially on the streets of several major cities.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
There was even a Panthers defensive stand in which the Broncos only burned 59 seconds and the Panthers had the ball, driving, with two minutes left in the game — only five points down.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2026

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