transplant
verb (used with object)
to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
are transplanting
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present progressiveof transplant.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Right now, researchers are transplanting stem cells and neurons into people with Parkinson's and epilepsy. But we do not really understand how well that will work," she adds.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
Most significantly, surgical programs that have adopted perfusion are transplanting more organs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
He and his St. Louis-born and raised wife are transplanting to Vegas from the only city they’ve known for a new chapter in their lives on and off the ice.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
Though surgeons are transplanting internal organs with increasing frequency, techniques for transplanting limbs from one person to another have rarely been explored.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now we are transplanting hardy ferns; for though the tender tops break, there is yet plenty of time for a second growth and rooting before winter.
From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright
