How to Use implant in a Sentence

implant

1 of 2 verb
  • Surgeons had to quickly implant a graft and a stent to shore it up.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
  • The couple chose to implant one, hoping for a girl.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Soon, doctors would implant stents in her kidneys.
    — Jay Deitcher, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The device was implanted in the fall.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Chips will be implanted in some rodents.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Gabriel’s trach was implanted the next month.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On one side, a plasma field implanted the fuel.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And now there’s a refillable reservoir for the drugs that can be implanted in the eye.
    — Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • On average, about half of the eggs retrieved are mature enough to implant with sperm.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
  • There, the tiny grains of shell were implanted in oysters to create cultured pearls.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The uterus transplant takes place and six months later, the embryo is implanted.
    — Williesha Morris | [email protected], al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When the tissue was implanted in mice, the mice were protected.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But what if the process occurs a second time, after one egg has already implanted in the uterus?
    — Kathleen Felton, Health, 3 July 2023
  • So that would be the embryo that has yet to be implanted, and that's how the embryo was created.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The main device is implanted in the brain and does not penetrate brain tissue.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The follicular units are then implanted one by one.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The eggs were fertilized by male sperm cells and implanted in female mice's uteruses.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Researchers implanted electrodes into the brains of adult rats.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Wilson had her lap-band implanted in 2012.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • If a frozen embryo is viewed as a child, could it be interpreted as having a right to be implanted and born?
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • His other organs were not implanted.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Bloomberg did, however, have two stents implanted in a coronary artery after a blockage in his heart two decades ago.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The pellets are implanted and release the hormone over the course of months, and they can’t be removed if problems arise.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
  • For mammals, scientists might implant electrodes in their brains to track how their neurons are firing.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The second is silent, perhaps buried in papers, perhaps with their head firmly implanted in the sand.
    — Samantha Gloede, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • In their quest to implant, embryos release enzymes that break down the surrounding tissue.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • When the woman is ready to try and have children, even years later, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized and implanted in her uterus.
    — Will Croxton, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • Both use sensors implanted in a part of the brain called the motor cortex, which sends motion commands to the vocal tract.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Weber had surgery to implant a metal plate and eight screws in his neck; the injuries pushed him into an early retirement.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2023
  • These structures wouldn’t be able to develop into humans even if they were implanted into a uterus.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 May 2026

implant

2 of 2 noun
  • And, breast implants are now at the center of it all.
    — Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
  • If the implant comes to full fruition, no need to carry medicine.
    — Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2021
  • There are reasons to have iris implants.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
  • In his case, Lydell gets hair implants and a flashy new sports car.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The breast implant had been dogged by ruptures and leaks in its early days.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
  • These implants give you new teeth like the originals.
    — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • One-third of the fish received cocaine implants.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Even their voices are switched with microchip implants.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • And a soft implant can be the best option to avoid an obvious edge.
    — Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the new language decoder is one of the first to not rely on implants.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • There are a few things that keep the cost of dental implants in Turkey low.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025
  • But according to users, the implants still leave quite a bit to be desired.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Your arm might feel a little sore or slightly swollen after your implant is placed.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The next step is to create a hole in the bone in order to insert the small implants.
    — Jenna Deangelis, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • There’s also a myth that implants can lead to breast cancer, which is more nuanced.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The quarter-size chip implant has dozens of tiny threadlike electrodes.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Its implant uses tiny threads that enter the brain's cortex.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • Others wince at the thought of implants or injections.
    — Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Olympic gold medalist will get dental implants.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The implant is also about the right size for the olfactory bulb on the edge of the brain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Wray received the brain implant in July.
    — Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dental implants in Turkey cost much less.
    — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And so the presence of these implants is just being abused by certain doctors.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
  • The implants’ maker kept those complaints from the public.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The glasses capture images and send them as near-infrared light to the implant.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Five years ago, a bionic eye implant allowed a blind man to see again for the first time in 40 years.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Oct. 2021
  • And the implants can sometimes move or cause scar tissue buildup over time that degrades their signals.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The device relies on an implant placed over the brain’s speech production area.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In this case, the implant uses sensors placed near the brain's motor-control area.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • When Katie Corio reached her thirties, her feelings around her breast implants changed.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025

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