How to Use reproduce in a Sentence
reproduce
verb
- Salmon return to the stream to reproduce offspring.
- The virus is able to reproduce itself very rapidly.
- They haven't been able to reproduce the results of the first experiment.
- Sound effects can reproduce the sound of thunder.
- The concert will be reproduced on compact disc.
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Two groups reproduce in the fall in the center of the Baltic or in the western Baltic.
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Byelizabeth Pennisi,
science.org,
2 Nov. 2022
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Next the fungus kills the host and uses it to reproduce.
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Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2023
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This means the bears are active year-round and able to mate and reproduce at any time.
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Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Aug. 2023
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The bears bulk up not just to survive, but to reproduce.
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Emily M. Eng,
Washington Post,
4 Oct. 2022
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Most would soon die, and few at this age would even be able to reproduce.
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Heide Brandes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Sep. 2023
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Plants have one goal — to reproduce, and to do so widely.
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Michaela Mulligan,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2024
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The trick to reproducing this in gluten-free baking is to create a dough that’s sticky and thick enough to do the same.
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Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appétit,
15 Mar. 2024
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Bees and ants reproduce quickly–a queen can lay up to thousands of eggs in a day.
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Popular Science,
29 Feb. 2024
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Lab tests showed that the virus can reproduce in fat tissue.
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CBS News,
26 Dec. 2022
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That’s because the worms are able to reproduce without a mate.
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Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
5 Apr. 2022
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James Ford reproduced it and helped put the final touches on it.
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Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2023
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The result is that these rivers are not cold enough for salmon to reproduce and not high enough to help baby salmon swim back to the ocean.
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Nicole Norman,
CNN,
2 Apr. 2023
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Again, the speaker can't reproduce the deepest sub-bass lows.
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PCMAG,
16 May 2024
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The drivers have no problem reproducing the sub-bass at the 34-second mark of a Kendrick Lamar track.
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PCMAG,
15 July 2024
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So the more cicadas emerge together, the better the odds that more will live on to reproduce and pass along their genes.
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Evan Bush,
NBC News,
29 Apr. 2024
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Most small groups of stragglers get snapped up and don’t survive to reproduce.
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Evan Bush,
NBC News,
29 Apr. 2024
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Pain-pleasure inverts that eat and reproduce would pass on their genes just as well as us.
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Philip Goff,
Scientific American,
3 July 2024
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The answer is a common theme in the animal kingdom, the urge to reproduce.
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Paul A. Smith,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
12 Nov. 2021
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Despite this, the mouse was able to reproduce normally with a male.
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Margaret Osborne,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2022
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The drop in fat could affect when purple martins are able to reproduce.
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Jill Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Feb. 2023
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Sparks went looking for projects that could reproduce that success—with her name on the cover.
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William Tipper,
WSJ,
3 Aug. 2022
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The females reproduce under the shell cover and the nymphs (crawlers) emerge in the spring and summer from their covers and attach themselves to the cane to feed.
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Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2022
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Humpback whales travel up the coast of Australia to reproduce.
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Henry Chandonnet,
Peoplemag,
30 June 2023
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Faes has struggled to reproduce his best form this season as has left-back Victor Kristiansen.
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Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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With honeybees, for example, some bees held off on reproducing their own offspring in order to support the hives’ young.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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