How to Use substrate in a Sentence

substrate

noun

• But the scale has changed, and so has the substrate.
  — Salman Khan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• Bore all the way through the substrate to which the tile is mounted.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2013
• The greens are planted in a substrate—not a speck of soil is in sight.
  — The Economist, 4 July 2020
• While on the gel substrate, the tardigrades moved half their body lengths at a time.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2021
• The substrate is both the habitat and the food for the fungus.
  — Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
• Grooved razorfish live in sandy substrates and tend to stay in large groups.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
• The key to this method is that the veins come into good contact with the substrate.
  — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2017
• Crusts, in contrast, are attached to substrate rock.
  — Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
• So, the first thing to consider is what to use as a basic substrate.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
• In a soggy substrate, seeds rot quickly.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026
• Use a razor to gently check that the veneer isn't loose from the substrate.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2021
• This size is easy to handle while giving the mushrooms enough substrate.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024
• Don’t let water penetrate the seams, which can cause the substrate to swell.
  — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2020
• Bury the stems about 1 inch deep in the substrate and firm the soil around the cuttings to keep them upright.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
• Again, this doesn’t provide an answer to the substrate debate.
  — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 15 June 2024
• The cell is built on a soda-lime glass substrate with a molybdenum back contact.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
• Hellebores are easy to grow in a range of soils, from clay to dry, rocky substrates, and tolerate heavy shade.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
• The result is that very large substrates can be populated with dies.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2025
• The artificial reef serves as the hard substrate oysters need to thrive.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• The cells are fixed to a flexible substrate and topped with a hardened glass that’ll withstand hail.
  — Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2022
• Keep in mind your aquarium will weigh more once it’s filled with water, substrate and the aquascape.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
• Its soft-substrate floor is designed to protect the animals' feet.
  — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
• Now, the whale has become hard substrate, where suspension feeders like anemones and sponges can latch on and grow.
  — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 10 May 2023
• Shredded cardboard works as worm bin substrate, balances compost, and traps pests like slugs.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
• The team then fabricated their surface on a glass substrate.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026
• The second is the printing bot, which applies these inks in a grid onto a single substrate.
  — Dina Genkina, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023
• The flatness that makes the material unique is lost if this substrate is not equally flat.
  — Mark Zastrow, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2019
• Fish are curious creatures and like to play around in the substrate of any aquarium.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 May 2025
• Those interiors sit on a substrate, are in an enclosure, and maybe have a heat sink on the top.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• The wriggle phase lasts until the burrowing hagfish pops its head out of the substrate.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024