transplanting

verb

Definition of transplantingnext
present participle of transplant
1
as in hauling

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2
as in replanting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transplanting
  1. hauling
  2. transporting
  3. transmitting
  4. carrying
  5. conveying
  6. relocating
  7. removing
  8. driving
Verb
  • Asheville’s flood woes are compared to 1916, when in fact mules hauling supplies were more the norm.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Government agencies, along with smaller organizations and businesses, are hauling food, water and other emergency supplies into North Carolina's mountain towns by semi-trucks, helicopters, military planes and even mules.
    Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of hauling
Verb
  • To Decatur’s west, Sangamon County previously expanded an existing moratorium on transporting or storing CO2 underground.
    Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • So there's no carbon footprint in transporting those products to us.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of transporting
Verb
  • Robert Alexander / Getty Images Hundreds of Navajos were recruited by the Marines to serve as Code Talkers during the war, transmitting messages based on their then-unwritten native language.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The robot was being controlled remotely, with abusive comments transmitting through its speakers.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of transmitting
Verb
  • The county has previously sprayed pesticides in neighborhoods where mosquitoes potentially carrying West Nile virus have been found.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The crowd moved slowly because of its size, with some cyclists carrying the Chinese flag and some people sleeping on the ground in a park after arriving in Kaifeng, according to photos and videos shared with NBC News.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • The production is strong, conveying a sense of franticness and danger that Durk matched in his aggressive delivery.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Franchise is at its strongest in conveying the sheer sense of chaos that comes from such a huge and cynical production.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of conveying
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Jennifer Affleck was struggling with relocating as her husband Zac pursued medical school.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Filipino community has expanded in recent years, with many relocating from Hawaii and California in response to rising housing prices.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of relocating
Verb
  • In 1913, after Lane had been removing his patients’ colons for five years, a panel of the Royal Society of Medicine was finally convened to interrogate the wisdom of resorting to surgery to combat chronic constipation.
    Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • These could include planting trees, removing asphalt from playgrounds, installing outdoor classrooms and erecting shade structures.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of removing
Verb
  • The driving rats project has opened new and unexpected doors in my behavioral neuroscience research lab.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Modern cars have almost unilaterally replaced dashboards full of tactile knobs with sleek, iPad-like digital displays, despite concerns these alluring devices might be making distracted driving worse.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of driving
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