transplanted

Example Sentences

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Those cells cannot grow hair in a lab, only when they are transplanted into skin and connected with underlying tissue.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Breadnut and its cousin, breadfruit, were transplanted from the Pacific to the Caribbean to become food staples for enslaved populations there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Unlike other US towns, soccer is the dominant sport in Kearny, mostly due to Scottish and Irish immigrants who transplanted the game in the late 1800s as they arrived for factory jobs.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

When transplanted into diabetic mice, the cells gradually restored the animals' ability to regulate blood sugar.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

They called themselves Americans, but they were transplanted Englishmen.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara