grafting

Example Sentences

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Fat grafting might sound intense, but it’s a kind of natural filler.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 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 procedure involves replacing a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in a player’s throwing elbow by grafting a tendon from the wrist of his non-throwing arm.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

"Where can we start to build up that ladder to headliner status? It's hard, and we've been grafting at this for years now."

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

Her delight was in pruning and grafting and everything that belongs to the gardener’s art.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton