seed

Example Sentences

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The seed of the idea came from one of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was the plume poppies in Michael Pollan’s garden that seeded his new book.

From Los Angeles Times

The Super Eights were pre-seeded before the tournament, so the top eight seeds knew in advance where they would be playing in the second phase.

From Barron's

Politicians across the piece should be careful when sowing seeds of distrust that ultimately have to be harvested by all of them.

From BBC

The Ukrainian seventh seed started her year by winning a title in Auckland, before reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open and now advancing to the third Dubai final of her career.

From Barron's