grafting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grafting
Example Sentences
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Fat grafting might sound intense, but it’s a kind of natural filler.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026
The years have ticked by, three of them since he last kicked a ball, but every day spent grafting in the gym is one Gerard Deulofeu believes he is a step closer to a "miracle".
From BBC • Feb. 15, 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
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
The invention of grafting was hardly just a matter of some nomad relieving herself at a latrine and returning later to be pleasantly surprised by the resulting crop of fine fruit.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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