How to Use fertilization in a Sentence

fertilization

noun
  • Haas gave birth to a boy through in vitro fertilization in 2008.
    Arpan Lobo, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The law bans nearly all abortions at the time of fertilization.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
  • Here are his nine easy-to-follow rules for lawn fertilization.
    Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The couple is trying to have a baby and needs to rely on in-vitro fertilization to do so.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2023
  • When April hits and spawning season begins the milt is shipped back here to begin the fertilization process.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Kaine is said to be bringing Elizabeth Carr, the first person in the US to be born via in vitro fertilization, as his guest.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The timing of fertilization should be split three times per year, starting in early spring (~late April), then mid-May, and lastly in mid-June.
    oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
  • To help encourage more of that sperm to be used for fertilization instead of food, the sperm-donor snail has another trick up its sleeve.
    Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Texas bans all abortions at the moment of fertilization with a few narrow exceptions for health or life of the mother.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Then, when eggs are collected from the reef, the sperm can be thawed and used in concentrations that make fertilization most likely.
    Alex Riley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Pampas grass is easy to grow, and plants rarely need watering or fertilization.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Paris went through a journey with in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Others include the first person born via in vitro fertilization in the United States and families of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip.
    Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Cloning requires access to an egg cell that is ready for fertilization but not yet fertilized.
    Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Over fertilization can cause damage to the roots, causing the roots to not properly absorb water.
    oregonlive, 18 June 2022
  • Once they are grown to their full size, the follicle ruptures and releases a mature egg for fertilization.
    Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
  • Peta Murgatroyd is pushing through a painful part of the in-vitro fertilization process.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Freezing eggs is a vital part of in vitro fertilization.
    Keyaira Boone, Essence, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The Heidemanns started in vitro fertilization in 2015 and froze two embryos, the ruling said.
    Christine Hauser, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Kourtney Kardashian is opening up about the impact in-vitro fertilization had on her body and mind.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But soon after fertilization, the nuclease cuts the DNA sequence on the other chromosome from the parent that did not carry the gene at the precise location of the gene drive.
    Matthew Cobb, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Isaacson reports Zilis’ pregnancy was via in vitro fertilization, with Musk as the sperm donor.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Yet, there may be a downside to relying on extra CO2 for fertilization.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022
  • An egg frozen when a woman is young generally has a better chance of fertilization than a fresh egg from an older woman.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This isn't the first time there has been a virgin birth — also known as parthenogenesis, a birth without fertilization — in the animal kingdom.
    Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • About five to six days after fertilization, an early-stage embryo, called a blastocyst, forms.
    Brian Barrett, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The ban after fertilization passed the legislature less than three weeks later.
    Caroline Kitchener, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022
  • The decision means South Carolina reverts back to a ban at about 20 weeks after fertilization.
    Jeffrey Collins, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • In vitro fertilization is the process by which eggs are removed, fertilized in a lab and implanted to create a pregnancy.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • More eggs means more chances of fertilization, which would ideally lead to a higher number of embryos to select for pregnancy.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022

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