transplanted

Example Sentences

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How Von Mierers convinced his followers that they, too, were transplanted aliens, or that he wasn’t hawking the same stuff as countless other grifter-preachers, isn’t made clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

Just one in 10 lungs and one in seven hearts are transplanted.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

It looks like a piece of Yorkshire or Cumbria transplanted to the American continent.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson