IMPLANTS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

implants

verb

present tense third-person singular of implant

as in plants

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 roots

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 implants Pregnancy begins after an embryo successfully implants in a uterus. — Mimi Zieman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 The firm initiated coverage of the shoulder implants stock with a buy rating and a $20 per share price target in a Sunday note. — Brian Evans, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 The process safely implants a device the size of a rice grain into a pet, said Celene Mielcarek, head of program operations at PAWS Chicago. — William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

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The soft ending plants the suggestion that David’s entanglement with Sara might not be definitively over.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
The Odyssey without gods is a bold twist on the source material, but Nolan plants the seeds throughout his adaptation.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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Calling addiction a disease that breeds in isolation, Beshear worried people would stop seeking treatment for fear of contracting COVID-19.

— Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026
There is no set temperature at which one forms, Giannaros said; what is needed is the kind of atmosphere that breeds dry thunderstorms — very hot, very dry air near the ground, with cooler and moister air above it.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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Earlier this month, the company launched Frontier Company, a new division that embeds 6,000 industry and engineering experts directly inside customer organizations to co-design and deploy AI systems, according to Microsoft's own announcement.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The shim also embeds the policy so enforcement doesn’t rely exclusively on the external variable.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026