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as in to relocate
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Recent Examples of transplant
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Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) has shallow roots that could be easily damaged in transplanting.
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Gaines and co-writer Qasim Basir lift Amiri Baraka’s classic 1964 play out of its midcentury Civil Rights Movement context and transplant the text to present-day Manhattan, where Clay (Holland) is going mad over his wife Kaya’s (Zazie Beetz) recent admission of an infidelity.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
The image of the Hadids in Pennsylvania is not a new one: Gigi and Bella are horse girls, transplanted from the canyons of Malibu to the pastures of Bucks County, digging in the herb garden or swatting mosquitoes on Instagram Live.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
The plant is easily transplanted and can be propagated using root trimmings.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 22 Feb. 2025
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Gaines and co-writer Qasim Basir lift Amiri Baraka’s classic 1964 play out of its midcentury Civil Rights Movement context and transplant the text to present-day Manhattan, where Clay (Holland) is going mad over his wife Kaya’s (Zazie Beetz) recent admission of an infidelity.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
The image of the Hadids in Pennsylvania is not a new one: Gigi and Bella are horse girls, transplanted from the canyons of Malibu to the pastures of Bucks County, digging in the herb garden or swatting mosquitoes on Instagram Live.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
The plant is easily transplanted and can be propagated using root trimmings.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transplant
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The main interior difference is a spacious main salon made larger by relocating the bulky and imposing HVAC trunk (the main technical passageway for air that on previous models took up much of the formal dining area) to the exterior.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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But with Pokrovsk itself heavily defended and the military supplies previously situated there largely relocated, Russia’s main effort in the area could be to push westward, rather than north.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s what turned me towards this choice to want to replant these old grape varieties.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the fall, after the plant is dormant, dig it up and replant it correctly or move it to a sunnier spot.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2025
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The second victim was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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That person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition but has since been upgraded to stable, according to the sheriff's office.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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It’s built strong enough to drive a car across, Duplechan said, not to mention hold a dance party.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The publication of children’s magazine content on science may have driven some of this research.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Mar. 2025
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Two of them grabbed him and hauled him outside.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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This morning, a semi will haul his feed to a nearby grain elevator.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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The actors, too, wore headsets, their quips, shouts and whispers transmitted digitally into the audience’s ears, at times alternating between the left and right earphones.—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hopefully, yes, given that Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids, and thus spreads less easily than pathogens with respiratory transmission, such as measles, avian flu and coronaviruses.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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The charges carry a combined sentence of 24 to 62 years in prison, Drummond said, and up to $260,000 in fines.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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For all their strong-arm tactics, these two carry themselves as formidable businessmen.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Hess, in his earlier films, displayed a refined sense of comic timing, of scenes that hold long enough and are framed cannily enough to convey a sense of wondrous observation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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Faster Decision-Making When presenting to senior leadership, teams often are permitted just a few minutes to convey their message.—
Nora Herting,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Transplant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transplant. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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