transplanted

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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

But Georgie, from Liverpool, donated her hand to quadruple amputee Kim Smith, who had it transplanted last autumn.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Progress remained slow for decades, but that began to change in 2023, when researchers at the University of Minnesota successfully transplanted a cryopreserved kidney into another rat.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

At around thirteen she began to develop breasts; she lost weight, her waist thinned out, and she shot up like a transplanted tree.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende