How to Use phosphorus in a Sentence

phosphorus

noun
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  • Mix a sprinkling of phosphorus with the soil in the bottom of the hole or trench.
    — Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The phosphorus is able to form biomolecules which help lead to the emergence of life.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2021
  • In a screwup, the phosphorus exploded not over the target but over the men.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • To really decrease the amount of phosphorus in the lake.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • The state has strict rules on the amount of phosphorus that can be discharged from wastewater treatment plants.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The ratio of phosphorus to carbon—the P/C ratio—in Ryugu samples is about 1 to 100.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Turns out the more bran and whole grains in bread, the higher their phosphorus and potassium content.
    — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • What is white phosphorus, and is Russia using it in Ukraine?
    — Jean Song, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • More:It's been more than a decade since Wisconsin cracked down on phosphorus.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Above ground, phosphorus allows crops to grow and is a critical part of the life cycle.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Israel has not signed and is not bound by the United Nations convention on the use of white phosphorus.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This helps to ensure that the phosphorus gets properly absorbed and doesn't run off.
    — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2023
  • Biggest source of the P phosphorus that causes this problem and creates this blue Jean blue, green.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • When the pH level is higher than 7.5, many plants will struggle to get enough phosphorus, iron and manganese.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Gene Odom had been thrown from the plane and broke his neck, his skin badly burned and one eye blinded by phosphorus from a de-icing flare that had been aboard.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Some of what's being asked of farmers to reduce phosphorus runoff is not cheap nor easy to deploy, Winslow said.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
  • The first, a process to remove phosphorus from wastewater, was used at several sewage treatment plants around the world.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The problem is that phosphorus and potassium stay put in the soil and applications can remain in the soil for years.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The seeds are rich in phosphorus, potassium, protein, manganese, folate, healthy fats, iron, and zinc, and are an easy way to give a dish more fiber.
    — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 24 July 2023
  • Try to drink it black, or with as little milk or cream as possible, since dairy itself is high in phosphorus.
    — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The rain leaches the sandy, volcanic soil, draining it of nitrogen and phosphorus.
    — Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • For the reversible version with black phosphorus, the researchers used two gates, which reinforced the on/off signal.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Nitrogen and phosphorus used to fertilize crops and lawns across the massive basin are washed into streams and rivers.
    — John Sabo, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • And try a bit of high phosphorus fertilizer to get more flowers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Their shells provide a surface on which the seaweed can grow and the mussels' phosphorus-rich excrement fuels the plant's growth.
    — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Work calcium and phosphorus into the soil below the bulbs at planting time.
    — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021
  • These bring fertilizing iron and phosphorus to the water, allowing the mats to grow.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • The majority of the new waters — 59 — were added due to an increase in phosphorus, according to data from the DNR.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Because of some other things that happened in the tributaries to the Upper Klamath Lake, the phosphorus grew exponentially.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This water pollution is full of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that algae need to grow.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024

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