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grafting

[graf-ting, grahf-] / ˈgræf tɪŋ, ˈgrɑf- /


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Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2026

Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

"All that grafting she had done for my future and it was stolen. We've had to sell musical instruments and our car, and we were briefly homeless."

From BBC Jan. 18, 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

The invention of grafting was hardly just a matter of some nomad relieving herself at a latrine and returning later to be pleasantly surprised by the resulting crop of fine fruit.

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



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