Thesaurus results for INSEMINATING

inseminating

verb

present participle of inseminate

as in breeding

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 inseminating In 1992, Cecil Jacobson was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury for inseminating his patients with his own sperm and was sent to prison. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

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In September, the Arizona Game and Fish Department released 18 ferrets in northern Arizona, part of a captive-breeding species recovery program now in its 35th year.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Transition Time When the rut is over, bulls are no longer interested in breeding and maintaining harems.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

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Avoid planting them in areas where other legumes have been grown over the past two years, and look for pea varieties known for their shoots and tendrils.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026
Florida citrus growers are planting trees with gene-editing technology to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that has devastated many of their crops.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

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Cultured pearls, as opposed to natural ones, are created by implanting a shell bead into a mollusk.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
The two-part procedure involves implanting thin electrodes into precise areas of the brain linked to Tourette symptoms, then connecting them under the skin to a pulse generator near the collarbone.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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