How to Use DNA in a Sentence

DNA

noun
  • That’s part of the DNA of the brand.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In this case, the tax would help fund DNA.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Menswear has long been part of the house’s DNA.
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 25 June 2026
  • Those music videos are very much part of my DNA.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Yes, there is Mustang DNA in this car.
    Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The regime, the DNA of this regime is Jihad.
    ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a nod to that movie, which inspired a lot of the DNA of our movie.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
  • It’s baked into the DNA of the game itself.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Louise let a specialist swab her body for the man’s DNA.
    Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also cause for hope in the DNA of the game itself.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Miller was able to get the daughter's DNA tested.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • So there is something to be said about the DNA and the risk appetite.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
  • These days, genes are synonymous with DNA.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Grant Van Raaphorst has even more football DNA.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • It’s been built into the DNA of Angel.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Here in Michigan, hard work and teamwork are in our DNA.
    Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But that changed after del Orbe got results from his DNA test.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • One that can read very long segments of DNA at once is necessary.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • After all, finding the structure of DNA was just the start.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • If there is a DNA match, the families can take the bodies home with them.
    Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The turning point came this year with DNA testing, police say.
    Jay Croft, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The man was identified as a suspect through DNA.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Brook, 36, had ordered a DNA test for her husband.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Cure cancer, send DNA through a black hole, stable fusion?
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Each time a cell divides, its DNA is copied, but mistakes inevitably creep in.
    Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a big part of the DNA of these 11 episodes in our sort of winter run of episodes.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This includes finger marks and prints, fluid, traces of DNA, and blood.
    Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • His point of view was clear, staying true to the brand’s DNA while pushing it forward.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That’s always been part of the DNA of New York City.
    Spin Team, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What is needed is a way to refresh the gene line with new DNA, and science may have a way.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025

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