grafting

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Fat grafting might sound intense, but it’s a kind of natural filler.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 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

In addition to his threat going forward, Diaz is renowned for grafting for the team.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

The procedure involves replacing a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in a player’s throwing elbow by grafting a tendon from the wrist of his non-throwing arm.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting.

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