seeded

past tense of seed
as in planted
to put or set into the ground to grow seeded grass in the backyard

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Recent Examples of seeded That latest round of NFL-booth musical chairs has already seeded some decidedly dodgy ideas in the minds of our keenest sports-media types. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In the early 1990s, Gordon Getty seeded Newsom’s Napa Valley wine start-up, PlumpJack, which Newsom launched with Gordon’s son Billy and named after an opera Gordon had composed. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026 The Yankees lost 13 fewer games than the AL West champion Houston Astros and nine fewer games than the AL Central champion Guardians, both seeded ahead of them. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 That single claim seeded a wave of social posts of owners aiming their own LED masks at their dogs, and manufacturers noticed. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 Another waning idea is the guess that space rocks may have seeded life on this planet. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 The reason the matchups are on track to work out this way is because the White Sox and Houston would be seeded above the Yankees and Red Sox by virtue of being division champions. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 The Rainmaker drones seeded in a particular pattern in the clouds, and the resulting snowfall was easy to spot on radar as theirs. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 The compensation package also includes a new Player Support Program seeded with an initial $2 million commitment in 2026, equally split between men and women players. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeded
planted
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  • There were taro patches and gardens planted with banana, sweet potato, sugar cane, noni, and more.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Simply put, a rain garden is a depressed bed planted with native perennials and shrubs selected for their high-water tolerance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Seeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeded. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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