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grafting

American  
[graf-ting, grahf-] / ˈgræf tɪŋ, ˈgrɑf- /

noun

Surgery.
  1. graft.


Etymology

Origin of grafting

First recorded in 1475–85; graft 1 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Let's not forget Ray Parlour in all of this, on the right side, working, grafting, and then we kind of had Marc Overmars just tearing people apart.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

It made me think of orchardists past, piling their harvest into pies and preserves, or grafting tree after tree to keep a favored variety alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Not only is grafting hard work even once you know the principle, but the principle itself could have been discovered only through conscious experimentation.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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