How to Use biology in a Sentence
biology
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The biology behind it is still on its way.
—Dr. Tal Patalon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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The whip of Twain’s wit is here, but it’s laid out like slides in a biology class.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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The finding is part of a trend that defies the norm in biology.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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This matters a lot in biology and medicine.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
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But the ultimate fix may even come from physics and not biology.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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What does ruthlessly cloning the same mouse tell us about our biology?
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
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Obsessed with biology, Gray knows his way around a plant store.
—Sarah Spelling, Vogue, 22 July 2021
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More than other age groups, teens have to fight to stay on a schedule that doesn't match their biology.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
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All stress leaves long-lasting effects that shape-shift our biology.
—Dr. Sharon Bergquist, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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In biology, nothing changes all at once.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Healthy soil has a balance of chemistry, physics and biology.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
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But sadly, biology doesn’t work like that.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
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But why does Nani need to leave Oahu to study marine biology?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2025
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The biology of the virus also varies by region.
—David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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Not everyone is convinced that biology is even the right place to look.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
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Weight gain is not a failure of willpower, it is driven by biology.
—Tara Comonte, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
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And yet, no precise moment when chemistry gives rise to biology has been found.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021
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And to all the dads out there, to all the men even who are not dads by biology, thank you for stepping up for our children.
—NBC news, 21 June 2026
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This agent is more like a lock-and-key approach aimed at the biology driving the leukemia itself.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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And if the concern is biology, why are trans women banned from women’s chess?
—Jackie Johnston, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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Some of it might be inborn biology, drawn from genetics or age.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2022
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The missing link was in the biology of behavior and body build.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
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That is not an innate feeling, that is not hunger, that is not being too hot or too cold, that’s not biology.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
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Nature gave us a hint that a whole new world of biology was waiting to be discovered.
—Steven D. Munger, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021
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This same biology helps explain the health risks of daylight saving time.
—Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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This should be at the heart of working with biology to design or build anything that humans use.
—Eben Bayer, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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Scientists want to sort out what to tweak in our biology to mimic the mole rat’s longevity.
—Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021
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As a quick biology lesson, this is where the real magic happens for hair growth and health.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 11 July 2023
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The names moved quickly from the margins of a single book to the center of botany, and then all of biology.
—Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
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But the cloud today behaves more like biology.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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