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.
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Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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Tulips are botanically perennials, but after centuries of breeding for color, shape, and size, many varieties return poorly in the following years.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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According to the Humane Society, as reported by the outlet, the elderly owners may have become overwhelmed when the cats continued breeding inside the small studio.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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While there, the other nurses began planting the seeds of a potential career switch, encouraging her to stay in the NICU professionally.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gardeners who learned the mistake of planting it in the ground once can attest to its ability to root easily wide and far.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
23 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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“Inseminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminating. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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