grafting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grafting
Example Sentences
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Other approaches, including guided tissue regeneration and bone grafting, have been explored, but their results can vary and are often difficult to predict.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
What is it about those plants that kept their domestication beyond the reach of ancient farmers capable of mastering such difficult techniques as grafting?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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