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Recent Examples of insecticide
Here’s what to know about the synthetic insecticide, plus how and when to use it.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 24 June 2025
Spray both top and bottom leaf surfaces at first evidence with a general-purpose insecticide labeled for control of mites.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
None of these insecticides control the winged and flying adults.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Once the mines are advanced, an insecticide would not be very effective as the damage has already been done.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
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Angela Haupt, Time, 24 June 2025
Spray both top and bottom leaf surfaces at first evidence with a general-purpose insecticide labeled for control of mites.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
None of these insecticides control the winged and flying adults.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Once the mines are advanced, an insecticide would not be very effective as the damage has already been done.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecticide
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For both women, their efforts are a small way to combat the devastation human activity has brought to monarch butterfly populations, including climate change, deforestation and heavy pesticide use.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
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The experts there suggested neem oil, which is a natural pesticide that does not contain harmful chemicals.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Target specific areas or weeds with natural methods like vinegar or boiling water, or use herbicides.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
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Farmers no longer need to rely on herbicides, which leads to cleaner crops and healthier soil.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Aspergillus fungi aren’t the target, but exposure to the fungicides gives them a head start developing genes that are resistant to the targets, sometimes before an antifungal drug with the same target even hits the market.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
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Now, there's no fungicide that will control this disease.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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In the 1970s, Claudia Miller, an allergist and environmental scientist, was studying how toxicants affect people in industrial settings and began noticing strange symptoms emerging after certain kinds of chemical exposures.—
Kate Raphael,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Then, using a simulation, the team found that the warmth and weight of the sleeping child could increase the off-gassing of the toxicants.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Insecticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecticide. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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