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as in to propagate
to cause (something, as a seed) to grow
She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds.
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Recent Examples of germinate
Gonzalez’s son, Marcelo, has assisted with germinating the seeds and meticulously manages the nursery every day.
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Carrot seeds will germinate in 10 to 21 days and go from seed to harvest in 50 to 75 days.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
When these spores germinate, the bacteria eat away at the plastic, causing it to self-destruct.
—Michael Dennis, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
All three varieties germinated well and the seedlings were ready for transplanting in three weeks.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Carrot seeds will germinate in 10 to 21 days and go from seed to harvest in 50 to 75 days.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
When these spores germinate, the bacteria eat away at the plastic, causing it to self-destruct.
—Michael Dennis, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
All three varieties germinated well and the seedlings were ready for transplanting in three weeks.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for germinate
Verb
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After resting in stainless steel, the product that emerges is a paragon of complexity.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Pulliam saw the coyote emerge from the nearby woods and tried to distract it by throwing rocks, but tripped in the process.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Furthermore, the axial compression in the columns is likely to result in shear cracks that are more closely aligned with the column axis, allowing the cracks to intercept some transverse reinforcement before propagating through the section.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
Verb
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These areas will all grow and evolve as more developers get the hardware to build and fine-tune these models locally.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2025
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Hundreds of millions of years later, our teeth — which evolved from that armor — have inherited that same ability to sense things like pain and temperature.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The film is produced by Hype Studios and Gold Rush Pictures.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Bitcoin touched a record high above $111,000, and oil prices slid after Bloomberg said oil producing member countries, or OPEC+, are discussing a potential third consecutive oil production surge in July, with an output hike of 411,000 barrels a day among the options under consideration.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Verb
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All three were still actively growing, Ramsay said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The bigger picture is this: Moderna is part of a growing movement toward enterprise models that favor systems thinking over functional optimization.—
John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Germinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/germinate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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