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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
David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
While these spaces contained only a handful of struggling plants that likely sprouted from seeds dropped by birds, the gophers were allowed to do what gophers do best for 24 hours.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Take this concept one step further and combine it with a rain garden, adding a sunken bed planted with moisture-tolerant natives at the lower elevation of a slope.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The Financial Times reports that Meta had to call off plans to build an AI data center next to a nuclear power plant somewhere in the U.S.—details remain scarce—because rare bees were discovered on the site.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
While these spaces contained only a handful of struggling plants that likely sprouted from seeds dropped by birds, the gophers were allowed to do what gophers do best for 24 hours.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
The arguments between the neighbors began over a tree planted between their homes, but quickly escalated, according to court documents.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Take this concept one step further and combine it with a rain garden, adding a sunken bed planted with moisture-tolerant natives at the lower elevation of a slope.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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But once up on stage, her reasonable-sounding language was replaced by the consistent mispronunciation of Kamala Harris's first name and exaggerations of the scale of recent Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) layoffs at their factory in nearby Warren, Michigan.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Knock-on effects of the strike have reverberated far beyond Boeing’s West Coast factories.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
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For example, Simi Valley is seeded No. 1 in Division 3, but drawing Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the opening round isn’t exactly an easy opponent.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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The top four of that group will be seeded No. 1-4 and will have a first-round bye.Ross Terrell, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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While Birnbaum’s playful take on Murakami’s prose established the hip, colloquial style the author is still mostly known for today, his translation of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World cut about 100 pages from the Japanese text.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Now, he’s established as one of the best goalies in college hockey, and his early-season run has backed that up.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Typically breeding once a year, quokkas produce only one baby, a joey.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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And just like that, the chain’s most famous site opened a year later in a former derelict paper mill in Elephant and Castle.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Lenzing Denim team was on site to exhibit, and we were inspired to see all the ways that TENCEL™ is being used by our mill partners.Carved in Blue, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2024
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The company is pioneering better solutions by leveraging its founder’s decades of experience within the telecommunications space.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Pi team also includes co-founder Sergey Levine, who has pioneered robotics development at Stanford University and Brian Ichter, former research scientist at Google.New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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As previously reported by USA TODAY, the annual viral debate is rooted not only in preferences and good fun, but in psychology as well.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Amityville may strike modern viewers raised on Insidious and Conjuring flicks as slightly passé: The pacing is quintessentially ’70s, which is to say deliberate, yet the film works all the better for it, rooting the horror in suspense and touting a visually vintage sheen.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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With more states legalizing marijuana and cannabis shops ubiquitous, marijuana use is rising.Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Being able to pick up shop and move closer to the craziness can be effective.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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