SEEDED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

seeded

verb

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 Among those cosmic relics are raw organic building blocks, the kind that may have seeded life on Earth. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The strength-of-record-based format could favor 7A and 6A south Georgia teams more than the GHSA’s prior system, which seeded the top four finishers in every region. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The proposal for expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams is nearly locked in, which would give teams seeded 1 through 8 a first-round bye, followed by a home game. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Las Vegas, which was seeded third, had won three of the past four championships. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 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 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

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In addition to finding recording devices similar to the ones planted in OpenAI offices, the FBI allegedly found evidence that Alfozan had planted at least one other bug.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Trees were planted directly into the ground in the gravel patio area, and climbing vines were planted with future shade in mind.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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