How to Use glyphosate in a Sentence

glyphosate

noun

• Bigelow tea wouldn’t be the first product to have traces of glyphosate.
  — Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Herbicides such as glyphosate (Roundup®) kill off the leaves but the vine springs right back.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Oct. 2017
• Roundup sold to commercial users, which makes up the bulk of the sales, will still include glyphosate.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 10 June 2022
• The nation is preparing to shut its doors to GMO corn and ban glyphosate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• Re-registration for glyphosate in the EU is due to start this year.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
• The levels of glyphosate also spiked by 1208% during that time.
  — Alice Park, Time, 24 Oct. 2017
• It's made with yellow peas that are free from glyphosate, the herbicide found in Roundup.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
• Many farms also still rely on glyphosate to fight weeds.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 1 July 2024
• Agus added that the urine of most Americans contains glyphosate.
  — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 13 June 2019
• The powder is made with yellow peas that are free from glyphosate, the herbicide found in Roundup.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
• When the seedlings reached around 4 inches high, the researchers dosed some with glyphosate and others with dicamba.
  — Natasha Gilbert, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
• Humans spray enough glyphosate to coat every acre of farmland in the world with half a pound of it every year.
  — Annie Shattuck, The Conversation, 2 July 2021
• The concentration of glyphosate in her urine was 18 times greater than 95% of women her age.
  — Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2024
• Monsanto says that glyphosate does not pose a threat to humans.
  — Douglas Main, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2016
• Use glyphosate, and be sure to follow the label directions.
  — Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2019
• If any does, apply a glyphosate-only herbicide to it as a spray.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
• Ex-Roundup users blame glyphosate for their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers.
  — Tim Loh, Fortune, 25 June 2020
• Hold the nozzle close to the foliage or use a brush or sponge, so glyphosate cannot contact your desirable plants.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• The degree of exposure can be an issue with glyphosate.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2018
• Bayer says that the chemical is safe and continues to sell Roundup with glyphosate.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 10 June 2022
• Southwestern and Northeastern states used the least glyphosate per square mile.
  — Danica Jefferies, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2022
• Make a note of which fields have bad weed problems, and spray those areas with glyphosate once temperatures warm and the weeds green-up.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2020
• Whether or not trace amounts of glyphosate are harmful to humans is a subject of intense debate.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017
• The team found that the leaves absorbed less glyphosate at higher temperatures.
  — Natasha Gilbert, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
• The herbicide Rodeo, also known as glyphosate, will be used instead.
  — Dallas News, 21 July 2022
• Alaskan yardeners and gardeners don’t use Roundup or any other form of glyphosate.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2021
• As for the use of pesticides like glyphosate... that's a much more complex and difficult question.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2013
• As for the use of Roundup or other glyphosate products to hit individual weeds, this, too, is a no-no.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Spray it with a broadleaf herb herbicide, such as glyphosate, 2,4-D +dicamba or 2,4-D +triclopyr.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 July 2023
• The new report stated that Banza chickpea pasta had the highest level of glyphosate found in multiple gluten-free products the group allegedly tested.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024