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
  • SUVs with government tags pull up, hauling a boat emblazoned with US Department of Interior branding.
    Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But there have still been high-profile rail bridge collapses like the one in Montana two years ago that sent a train hauling petroleum products into the Yellowstone River, sending tar balls downstream that had to be cleaned up.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It also can be intentionally released if pressure in the system poses a safety risk or if capturing and transporting it to be sold is not profitable.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Emergency services arrived within minutes, treating the wounded and transporting others to local hospitals.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After launch, the satellite successfully entered orbit and began transmitting data, according to an update from the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Khamryn Zyiel Johnson, 27, of Plano, is charged in a five-count indictment made public Friday with enticement of a minor to produce pornography and transmitting and receiving images of child pornography.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • SpaceX lands Falcon 9 boosters on offshore drone ships after most of its launches and only brings the rocket back to an onshore landing on missions carrying lighter payloads to orbit.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The deal with YouTube caps off a tumultuous year for Sesame Workshop, which lost its output deal with HBO last December, though the streaming platform inked a deal to continue carrying some library programming.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Greengrass uses the scene where the bus becomes stationary as an example of conveying feelings without being pedantic.
    Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Public health officials also committed missteps in conveying the use value of masks.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Rise of Erewhon Erewhon’s origin story began in the 1960s as a humble natural foods shop in Boston, Massachusetts, before relocating and rebranding into a California-only empire of 11 locations.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bugner fought for 32 years, ending his career in 1999 before relocating to Australia.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The group routinely calls for removing books at public schools and played a role in Scottsdale Unified School District's decision to pull 16 books from its library shelves in February.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Tips To Keep Your Towels Mascara-Free The best way to keep makeup from staining towels is by thoroughly removing the makeup first.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Good Fortune follows Reeves as an angel, Gabriel, tasked by his boss, Martha (Sandra Oh), with stopping humans from dying while texting and driving.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid using phones or other distracting behaviors while driving in a work zone.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Transplanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transplanting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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