Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sowing of or with seed.
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- verb Present participle of
seed . - noun sports, games The arrangement of positions in a
tournament
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Examples
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Fair or not, a lot of time the seeding is based on historical performance.
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But the government can play a significant role in seeding research at places like the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Obama Green Talk Is Gold to Silicon Valley - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The seeding is done according to the BCS rankings, the highest ranked team, of the four teams that are picked, is given a number 1 seed and they will play the lowest ranked team of the four that were chosen.
What’s the Best Playoff System For College Football? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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But the government can play a significant role in seeding research at places like the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Obama Green Talk Is Gold to Silicon Valley - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Until the race for playoff seeding is decided Wednesday, Tim Duncan and his teammates just plan to keep winning - which is a bit easier against an opponent with just seven players.
USATODAY.com 2008
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There are no favorites really, it doesn't matter what the seeding is going to be, the seeding is really irrelevant. '' ...
USATODAY.com 2007
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These days, cloud seeding is common west of the Mississippi.
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Where you wind up in the brackets can be meaningful to some extent, but getting a favorable seeding is not really predictable; there are times that you would rather be 2 or 3 rather than 1 say.
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These trials are sometimes referred to as seeding trials because their real aim is to encourage the physicians who enroll patients in the trial (at a nice fee per patient, of course) to continue prescribing it for them and other patients once the trial is over.
Merrill Goozner: Why Does Medicare Subsidize Industry Seeding Trials? 2008
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In Western Kansas cloud seeding is a common practice.
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So it looks like this: Ruti gifts the pants to influencers and Substack writers (this is called “seeding”) and buys ads on Instagram.
It's Time to Talk About These Damn Viral Pants Cheryl Wischhover 2026
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