as in to breed
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations
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Recent Examples of inseminate
In the early 2000s, zoos in the U.S. developed a technique to artificially inseminate pandas instead.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
Steeped in evolution, natural selection has favored males who inseminate the most females – and females who leave reproductive offspring of their own.
—Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
The bill would prohibit doctors from using their own sperm to inseminate a patient without their consent and expose those who do to civil suit.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
An 'obvious, burning question' Fertility fraud occurs when a doctor fails to obtain consent from a patient before inseminating her with his own sperm.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Feb. 2024
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
Steeped in evolution, natural selection has favored males who inseminate the most females – and females who leave reproductive offspring of their own.
—Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
The bill would prohibit doctors from using their own sperm to inseminate a patient without their consent and expose those who do to civil suit.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
An 'obvious, burning question' Fertility fraud occurs when a doctor fails to obtain consent from a patient before inseminating her with his own sperm.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Feb. 2024
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The animals breed and grow quickly, their organs are about the right size, and there aren’t many pathogens that infect both pigs and people.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
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The market turbulence underscores a fundamental truth: uncertainty breeds volatility.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Wait until late April or May to start planting new grass from seed or sod.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, researching appropriate varieties, and planting for our volatile temperatures, will help your success rates.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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The researchers wanted to develop a less invasive technique that allowed donor islets to be implanted in a site that was more accessible, such as under the skin, and that enabled the islets’ indefinite survival.—
Paul McClure
February 23,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
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Only about 1 in 20,000 babies are born with heart block, and of those, Tan said that only 20% have a pacemaker implanted shortly after delivery.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Inseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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