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 a heartbreaking statistic, captive elephant pregnancies (most artificially inseminated) have a 40 percent infant mortality rate.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Throughout his career, Cline covertly inseminated dozens of patients with his sperm.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
The dairy business model depends on artificially inseminating cows and separating them from their calves at birth so humans can take their milk.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
In the early 2000s, zoos in the U.S. developed a technique to artificially inseminate pandas instead.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Throughout his career, Cline covertly inseminated dozens of patients with his sperm.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
The dairy business model depends on artificially inseminating cows and separating them from their calves at birth so humans can take their milk.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
In the early 2000s, zoos in the U.S. developed a technique to artificially inseminate pandas instead.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inseminate
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As of now, there's no plan for the wolves to breed.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Lamm says that Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi will not be allowed to breed; moreover, the company anticipates genetically engineering just three to five more of the animals.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The only problem is that planting much of a garden requires having a home with a back yard, a comfort that many millennials gave up on ever achieving around 2008.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2025
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Perennials to plant: allium, Asiatic lily, aster, astilbe, black-eyed susan, clematis, columbine, coneflower, chrysanthemum, daffodils, daisies, daylily, forget-me-not, geranium, goldenrod, Hellebore, hollyhock, hydrangea, lavender, peonies and roses.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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Though memory is limited and sometimes mistaken, completely false memories are not easy to implant.—
Bernice Andrews,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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That ovum is allowed to develop into an embryo and then implanted in a surrogate mother’s womb.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Inseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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