as in to breed
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations
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Recent Examples of inseminate
Milly is genetically the mother of Pearl, born Sept. 1, 2020, but Pearl was actually birthed by C-section to a Milly clone inseminated by Gold, a Chihuahua show dog, also owned by Semler and her husband, Edwin Davila, 55.
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Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Cameras are inseminated into artificial snow, which is dropped by planes, and when the snow falls, there are eyes everywhere.
—Kara Swisher, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
In a heartbreaking statistic, captive elephant pregnancies (most artificially inseminated) have a 40 percent infant mortality rate.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Throughout his career, Cline covertly inseminated dozens of patients with his sperm.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Cameras are inseminated into artificial snow, which is dropped by planes, and when the snow falls, there are eyes everywhere.
—Kara Swisher, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2025
In a heartbreaking statistic, captive elephant pregnancies (most artificially inseminated) have a 40 percent infant mortality rate.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Throughout his career, Cline covertly inseminated dozens of patients with his sperm.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inseminate
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Morrissey explodes the comparatively respectable conventions of prior Frankenstein adaptations by embracing the deranged erotic and fascist implications of building and breeding new life.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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With Zacha planted in the slot, Charlie McAvoy sent a pass down low to him and Zacha made a nifty touch pass to Pastrnak at the side of the net.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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The food court had a spread of pizza, hot dogs, and squares of sheet cake, a plastic fork planted neatly atop each.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Scientists are also exploring gene therapy—implanting a gene that helps to inhibit blood vessel growth—in the hope of treating retinopathy with a one-time eye treatment.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Printing new tissue While traditional bioprinting can already create tissues like cartilage and muscle, implanting them remains a major challenge.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Inseminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminate. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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