How to Use life cycle in a Sentence
life cycle
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But in the past six months, the life cycle has changed.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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The life cycle of the fungus gnat is 18 days from egg to egg.
—oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
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What looks like a fruit tree, near the end of its life cycle, grows by the front porch.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
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In other words, what are the long-term plans for the brand’s life cycle?
—Dave Wendland, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
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Here is a link about the life cycle of a thrip for your review.
—oregonlive, 24 July 2021
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The beetle has a one-year life cycle but spends most of its life in the soil as a grub.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
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The green turtle starts is life cycle as an egg on the beach.
—Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 11 June 2020
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And once the flowers fade away, the plant produces seed heads as the next phase of the life cycle.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
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At the greenhouse where Mr. Banks and Ms. West teach, campers learn how to grow plants and the plant life cycle.
—Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
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And the beach also helps feed fish, so that could impact the life cycle in the ocean.
—Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
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All plants have a life cycle, spanning from when a seed sprouts to when the plant dies.
—Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
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But that takes years for the product life cycle for cars.
—Eric Johnson, Recode, 24 Dec. 2018
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Nymphs are the most dangerous stage of the tick life cycle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
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That life cycle is what struck Wendy Sprints on the brewery’s last day.
—oregonlive, 27 June 2022
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The life cycle of a pot of coffee was the smell of her mother’s apartment.
—Cynthia D'aprix Sweeney, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Apr. 2021
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The life cycle of a cricket, from egg to adult, spans roughly one to four months.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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Fish spend some of their life cycles hiding in the mangroves.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
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For most, the life cycle is completed in two to five years.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
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The stingers in Florida are in one of the first stages of the jellyfish life cycle.
—National Geographic, 28 June 2018
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The trick is to break the insect’s life cycle; the process can take up to a month of several sprays each week.
—R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 22 June 2018
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The episode begins with the life cycle of the ceremony, of sorts.
—refinery29.com, 20 June 2018
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The final leg of the life cycle is its most complex: consumers.
—Ryan Begin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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The first thing to understand is this is a natural life cycle even for the teams at the top of the food chain.
—Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
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If the roof has met the end of its life cycle, Amstill will replace up to two of these a year at no cost.
—Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2020
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More to the point, the frog’s life cycle requires ephemeral ponds that are dry part of the year and an open-canopy forest.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
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Consider growing a sacrificial tomato plant and letting the worms go through their life cycle on that plant.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Children will learn about crab behavior and life cycles with experts from the Greater Farallones Association.
—Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
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