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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
Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Leaves are Nature's Fertilizer and Mulch Leaving the leaves in your yard is also beneficial for your plants, explains Matt Jones, a horticulture extension agent at North Carolina State University.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The brine shrimp eat bacteria and phytoplankton (microscopic plants) and are, in turn, food for Chilean flamingos.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Leaves are Nature's Fertilizer and Mulch Leaving the leaves in your yard is also beneficial for your plants, explains Matt Jones, a horticulture extension agent at North Carolina State University.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
The first apples were planted in the 1870s, and the town hosted an Apple Day celebration in 1909.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plant
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The club were founded in 1938 by employees at a textile factory and named after their company’s emblem — the bare-faced ibis, a bird native to South America.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Under that model, Israel maintains freedom of operation, while Hamas retains light weapons but is stripped of rockets and missile factories.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Improper use of at-home ear seeding kits can cause irritation, dizziness, or allergic reactions.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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With promises of easier sleep and less stress just one spray away, a product hasn’t sounded more enticing since ear seeding to help with cortisol face.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Protect the football, establish balance early, and reduce penalties.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Democrats in Congress are withholding their votes on a government spending bill to demand that Republicans extend these subsidies, which lower the cost of insurance for people who buy their own health care coverage in marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.—
Elena Shao,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Originally developed in Germany in the late 19th century, the boxer was bred for hunting, guarding, and later for military and police work, which can make some sense of why the boxer in the video clip was so keen to observe the camera.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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They weren’t bred for their brains, either.—
Bruce Headlam,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Denim mills are gearing up to unveil fresh technologies, creative partnerships, and standout capsule collections at Kingpins Amsterdam.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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Established by the mill and ferry entrepreneur Robert Harper in 1747, Harpers Ferry assumed national importance in 1796 when President George Washington ordered the purchase of land there, in the slave state of Virginia, for a gun factory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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While the Stranahans were very philanthropic with their land, Belt said, the Brickells, another pioneering South Florida family, owned all the land near the beach and kept it private.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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The pioneering visions of Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi laid the foundations for a vibrant discipline that has grown to encompass everything from gas storage and catalysis to energy and environmental technologies.—
Stavroula Alina Kampouri,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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Just a simple path to follow around the ancient trees, all stable and strongly rooted.—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Below, shop standout Hoka deals at Zappos starting at $81.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI appears to be trying to position ChatGPT as a version of this universal interface, not through a browser, but by integrating third-party apps directly into the chatbot so users can search, shop, plan travel, and manage files without ever leaving the conversation.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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