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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
News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The lab has worked in more than 30 African countries, helping spread expertise and technology to continue growing the industry, from the plants in the ground to the manufacturing processes needed to unlock the soybean’s versatile protein and oil.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
The magnolias were originally planted by the garden’s inaugural director, Edward Walther, a German immigrant who had a passion for the species.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Carruth’s broad goal of rose breeding and hybridization is to make the rose a contender with all plants, rather than a fussy queen of the garden.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The lab has worked in more than 30 African countries, helping spread expertise and technology to continue growing the industry, from the plants in the ground to the manufacturing processes needed to unlock the soybean’s versatile protein and oil.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
Some of these entities have links to terrorist organizations whose goals are more about planting seeds of terrorism than feeding the hungry.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
The magnolias were originally planted by the garden’s inaugural director, Edward Walther, a German immigrant who had a passion for the species.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plant
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Editors’ Picks Mixing Favorite Styles Brings the Most Appealing Results How the ‘Manosphere’ Became Mainstream Entertainment BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, has already begun closing its factories in Germany and shifting production to China and the United States.—
Melissa Eddy,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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But some German automakers, including Volkswagen, export cars to the US from their factories in Mexico.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Camarillo, seeded No. 1 in Division 2AA, won 66-62 on the road against Glendora.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Central Coast Section will seed the playoffs on Wednesday.—
Mike Lefkow,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Mike Souchak establishes the PGA 72-hole scoring record with a 257 at the Texas Open.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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She's steadily established herself as a plastic surgery influencer, so to speak.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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The label became ingrained in hip-hop history with classic music and lore that breeds clickbait stories 20 years after its dissolution.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the football field breeds impolite behavior, on every snap actually.—
Sean Gregory,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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Russia’s push toward Dnipropetrovsk, an area of more than three million people with major steel mills, builds on six months of rapid advances in Donetsk.—
Olha Konovalova,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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After Trump imposed tariffs on steel in 2018, nine American tin mill steel producers shut down, according to the Can Manufacturers Institute.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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Beyond the creative challenge of pioneering a potential new publishing genre, Brier’s audio-only book also offers a bit of career diversification, a safety net for uncertain times.—
Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Feb. 2025
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Scholars such as Caroline Sturdy Colls have pioneered non-invasive archaeological methods to locate mass graves, including one in Adampol, Poland, where a memorial site has now been erected.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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Will that interest translate into new fans, who might have rooted on the River Cats — and therefore the Giants — but will now switch major-league allegiances to the vagabond A’s?—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Kelce's mother Donna and brother Jason were also in attendance rooting on the Chiefs.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The East New York Depot is home to about 250 buses as well as maintenance, repair and tire shops, fuel tanks and MTA offices, and sits directly adjacent to the subway system’s East New York Yard.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Tiger's presence was also felt through his brand, Sun Day Red, which set up shop at the 17th hole.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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