How to Use hatchery in a Sentence
hatchery
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Powell phoned the hatchery and asked his staff to call around.
—Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021
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At the same time, hatcheries face their own constraints.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Warm weather months are the top time for birds to raid the hatchery ponds.
—Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 21 May 2018
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With a turn of a wheel, the hatchery’s flowing water was cut off.
—Alexis Stevens, ajc, 6 June 2018
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There are 46 rearing ponds at the hatchery.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
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And those draw baby fowl from just about half a dozen large hatcheries across the country.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2017
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Pretty soon the back seat was a bird hatchery, and even dad couldn’t suppress a smile.
—Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 28 June 2018
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Some of those wild springers are being passed along to the hatchery for in-basin broodstock.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 30 July 2022
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The trout pond is back, too, to provide a chance to catch dinner fresh from the hatchery.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2018
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First, the team must establish if the fish can even survive in their hatchery.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
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The wounded half-cylinder of the hatchery gaped open high above the pampas grass.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
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Read more here about how to visit, or volunteer at, the hatchery.
—Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, 2 Oct. 2018
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The hatchery closed in 2008 due to heavy rain and fire damage.
—Roberto Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
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The Matunuck hatchery will have two main floors and a third-floor mezzanine.
—Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2023
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Chinook hatchery stocks are among the most important for the whales.
—Gene Johnson, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
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Plus, the state hatchery system doesn’t raise all the species currently found in the wild.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2021
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The hatchery, 30 feet long, is built in the shape of a giant green sea turtle.
—New York Times, 7 July 2018
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The fish were purchased at a licensed, disease-free hatchery.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2022
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The crew arrived later to transport the fish to the state hatchery in Athens.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
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All state hatcheries ran on skeleton crews throughout March and most of April.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 May 2020
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The hatchery is located in Cornville, two hours north of Phoenix.
—Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
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The eggs are taken inside the hatchery to protect them from predators, such as dogs and gulls.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
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Players will need certain eggs and a special structure called a hatchery.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
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This hatchery stocked 98 inland and Great Lakes sites.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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The limits remain the same, but now one of the salmon in the daily bag can be a chinook, hatchery or wild.
—oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
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More Chinook salmon are being reared in hatcheries as whale food, but that is far from a certain fix.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
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Valencia and his allies built a hatchery in the town of Jaque shaded by wood and wire.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
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The Carlsbad hatchery is the only one of its type of the West Coast.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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The tribe then turned its attention to helping the state increase the number of salmon caught for the hatchery.
—Chris Aadland, oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2022
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The pond, which used to be a hatchery for the state department of natural resources, is stocked with fish.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
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