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fertilized

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verb

past tense of fertilize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fertilized
Adjective
Some birth control methods, including IUDs, may work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 29 July 2025 Britain in 2015 began allowing mitochondrial donation, resulting in a pioneering IVF treatment whereby a couple’s genes are removed from a fertilized egg, leaving the defective DNA behind, and then injected into the egg of a healthy woman. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 July 2025 The technique, which is banned in the U.S., transfers pieces from inside the mother's fertilized egg – its nucleus, plus the nucleus of the father's sperm – into a healthy egg provided by an anonymous donor. Nancy Lapid, USA Today, 17 July 2025 The genes from the nucleus of the egg are then injected into a fertilized egg from a healthy woman that has had all of its DNA removed except for the donor's healthy mitochondrial DNA. Rob Stein, NPR, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for fertilized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fertilized
Adjective
  • The test focuses on Lightbridge Fuel, a proprietary design that utilizes an enriched uranium-zirconium metallic alloy.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Digital experiences aim to blur the lines between the physical and the virtual world, thereby providing a seamless and enriched end-user experience.
    Tipu Usha Vaithee Swaran, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch fish.
    Jessica Beaudette, The Conversation, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the 1970s, when game replays of both programs aired late Saturday nights on public television in Dubuque, Iowa and Wisconsin were equally terrible, and the city was fertile ground for whichever program got off the mat.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Longoria continued her ivory color scheme with a clutch, and augmented her look with warm tones thanks to her small gold hoop earrings and strappy gold sandal heels.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Look for notes of maple, spice, and burnt orange peel, as the bourbon’s intrinsic character is augmented by this artful secondary maturation.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If Toronto wants to keep clawing back in this series, a productive Guerrero is essential.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Even in the best-case scenario — artificial intelligence transforms the economy, making Americans richer and more productive — AI will involve lots of disruption.
    Allison Schrager, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gregerson’s shows her at the peak of her signature tercets, weaving together the microscopic and the grand threads of science, art, and history into wonderfully rich sonic landscapes.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In traditional steakhouse fashion, interiors will feature rich dark woods, brass metal accents and a monochromatic palette.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This was the first of many encounters throughout my visit that reinforced their commitment to individual care.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But the findings imply data-poisoning attacks could be much easier, and become much more prolific, than people originally assumed.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Chalfant is a prolific presence on both Broadway and Off-Broadway.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Fertilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fertilized. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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