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Recent Examples of motile
Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2021
Some of the chloroplasts changed into more primitive, more motile proto-plastids that could get as small as 0.2 microns.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
Unencumbered by truth, the face becomes interesting, motile—a work of art.
—The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2020
This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non-motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus).
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
In that Human Fertility study, only 37 percent of the sperm-containing precum samples had a fair amount of motile sperm, as in, ones that could make the journey toward an egg.
—Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019
For Mr. Alaïa, each stitch, every motile moment, has to have an integral (as opposed to decorative) reason for being.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 July 2017
Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2021
Some of the chloroplasts changed into more primitive, more motile proto-plastids that could get as small as 0.2 microns.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
Unencumbered by truth, the face becomes interesting, motile—a work of art.
—The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2020
This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non-motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus).
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
In that Human Fertility study, only 37 percent of the sperm-containing precum samples had a fair amount of motile sperm, as in, ones that could make the journey toward an egg.
—Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019
For Mr. Alaïa, each stitch, every motile moment, has to have an integral (as opposed to decorative) reason for being.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motile
moving
Adjective
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Yet the most moving and memorable picture in the show, aside from Rembrandt’s, is one by his contemporary Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger, on loan from the National Gallery, in Washington, D.C.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Since that splashy White House announcement, the tariff rates have been a wildly moving target.—
July 16,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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“Motile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motile. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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