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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
Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Best planted in the fall, the grass-like foliage will appear first before the blooms appear.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 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
Buy Now: $82 Frias Family Vineyard 2022 Prado Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa Valley California
Manny and Maria Frias purchased 100 acres in Napa’s Spring Mountain District in 1977 and planted five acres of vines which was enough to release their first commercial wine in 1987.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Best planted in the fall, the grass-like foliage will appear first before the blooms appear.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 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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Compounding pharmacies are regulated by state boards of pharmacy and source ingredients are usually obtained from factories registered with the FDA.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
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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But when determining between a seed line with two teams that have similar total bodies of work, the team playing better recently is far more likely to be seeded higher, even if losses to the other team were competitive.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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McNamara said his experience in the Marine Corps is helpful in establishing division of labor and using a chain of command and coordinating different functions for a common goal along with developing organizational strategies and goals.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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But instead of leaving the area, Mr. Jafri became involved in politics to fight for India’s secular traditions, and helped established the Gulberg Society, a Muslim housing complex in the majority Hindu area.—
Hari Kumar,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Animal welfare organizations have long advocated for regulating purebred breeders, due to the many purebred pets that face neglect or abandonment after being bred in unsanitary conditions or for profit, something that Helen Woodward Animal Center echoes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Shirley poppies, bred from corn poppies outside Shirley, England, in the 1880s, come up in red, pink, rose, lilac, salmon and white.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 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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The competition is open to entrepreneurs pioneering in consumer products and services, healthcare, media and entertainment, technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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But over the past two decades, America has pioneered a more potent and nimble style of economic warfare.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Popovich will try to return to the sidelines next season and everyone will be heavily rooting to his return.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That conviction was rooted largely in the testimony of Justin Sneed, an adolescent maintenance man, who beat Van Treese to death with a baseball bat.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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There are also a lot of great interior design stores, from a Soho Home to Ken Fulk’s first brick-and-mortar shop.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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Shop more resort-ready arrivals from Quince’s vacation shop under $100 below.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plant. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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