1
as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implant
Lift the sparkly transparent toilet-seat lid implanted with syringes and prescription pills.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The idea is that each morning, the hat would activate a blueberry-sized device implanted in your skull that sends a pulse of electricity into your brain.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
Doctors implanted a defibrillator to treat the condition following his stroke.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Patterson, 41, had a brain-computer interface implanted in the cortex levels of his brain, an area of higher functioning brain activity.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The idea is that each morning, the hat would activate a blueberry-sized device implanted in your skull that sends a pulse of electricity into your brain.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
Doctors implanted a defibrillator to treat the condition following his stroke.
—Finch Walker, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Patterson, 41, had a brain-computer interface implanted in the cortex levels of his brain, an area of higher functioning brain activity.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implant
Verb
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Many gardeners today are planting pollinator gardens to attract bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and other wildlife.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Do not cut smaller potatoes; plant them whole.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
23 May 2026
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The teeth rooted in their gums in some images look like bullets buried in the landscape, from a war that ended years ago but whose after effects are still intimately felt by its people.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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This approach is rooted in synergy; the most competitive manufacturing and process systems will require humans and machines to work together, combining the reliability of machines with the intangible genius of the human mind.—
Arungalai Anbarasu,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The sow will breed again and return to the gestation crate to bear another litter.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Theresita Richard, the chief people and culture officer at Patagonia, added that sticking to values can take different forms—but ultimately shows up in whether companies embed them into daily behavior.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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By the time a human intervenes, the narrative has already propagated, indexed by search engines, embedded in datasets, and echoed across platforms.—
Wyles Daniel
May 19,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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One bullet that entered through his shoulder hit his left arm bone, while the other punctured his left lung before becoming lodged in his neck.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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According to Moriarty, the bullet struck Sosa-Celis in the leg, passed through a closet and lodged in the wall of a child's bedroom.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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“Implant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implant. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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