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as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony
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as in to breed
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes
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Recent Examples of plant
Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Dozens of plant nursery workers marched through the streets of Homestead over the weekend carrying crosses bearing names that few outsiders would know.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2025
The abrupt and inexplicable shifts have been dizzying and destabilizing to anyone in the business world, where predictability is the soil in which the seeds of investment get planted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Other plant varieties displayed included mustard, wood sorrel, stinging nettle, mallow and filaree.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Dozens of plant nursery workers marched through the streets of Homestead over the weekend carrying crosses bearing names that few outsiders would know.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
Seeding Square Seed and Seedling Spacer Tool $30 at Amazon
With this clever guide, planting picture-perfect rows of produce is as easy as matching colors and poking holes in soil.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2025
The abrupt and inexplicable shifts have been dizzying and destabilizing to anyone in the business world, where predictability is the soil in which the seeds of investment get planted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plant
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For example, China is the world's largest plastics manufacturer but some of its factories depend on ethane -- a feedstock mainly imported from the U.S. CHINA China is in the midst of a public holiday, with government offices and markets closed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Nearly 80 percent of the toys sold in the United States are made by factories in China.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Loading your audio article In April 2024, Priscilla Chan sat on a stage during the five-year anniversary celebration for a housing initiative that she and husband Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy had seeded with a $50 million commitment.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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Drop the flower seeds into the dirt lines; then cover them up, and water every few days.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Reuters was not immediately able to establish his identity.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The underpinnings of a global order can be traced to the age of discovery, when Europeans first learned to circumnavigate the globe, then established a presence at vast distances, and followed that with empires.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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Stagnant water can breed red, green, and brown algae, which can all stain your birdbath.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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At the Moscow Zoo, staff taught people how to breed mice and rabbits for medical applications, such as vaccine testing.—
John M. Kinder,
The Conversation,
1 May 2025
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By 2030, the mill could provide $6 million in annual revenue, 16 full-time jobs for administration and mill employees and opportunities for at least 100 farmers in the region, perhaps even as far north as Canada.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
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Then, lock the tool into a vise or hold it still with a clamp and move a mill file along the edge of the blade to sharpen.—
Renee Freemon Mulvihill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At sea, Ansar Allah has also pioneered in the use of unmanned naval drones as well as anti-ship cruise missiles, some of which appear to be based on Iranian and older Chinese and Soviet platforms.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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While anaerobic digestion is not a new technology and has long been used in agricultural settings, the campus is pioneering a closed-loop, zero-waste system that returns municipal food waste to the soil in the form of nutrient-rich compost and to the power grid in the form of renewable energy.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2025
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This transition allows women to root their worth internally rather than outsourcing it to external achievements.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Often called French Tarragon, this herb is easy to root from a cutting if a friend will share.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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The owner of a popular ice-cream shop in Madrid began giving ice cream away to people passing by.—
Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Missing the season’s climax through injury is hardly ideal, taking him out of the shop window just as the market begins to ramp up, and so United must hope that any prospective buyers have already seen enough from his mini-revival at Villa Park.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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