How to Use polymerase chain reaction in a Sentence

polymerase chain reaction

noun

• Both antigen tests and polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests are used to test for covid-19.
  — Alex Golden, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2021
• The standard polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for the coronavirus home in on three segments of the virus genome.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2020
• Labcorp's test is a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction test.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 17 May 2022
• Hogan said the state still has a sufficient supply of rapid tests and the more sensitive polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 19 Jan. 2022
• These tests are not as sensitive as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, testing, which has been the main method of screening for Covid-19.
  — NBC News, 1 Apr. 2021
• This is done using a technique called a polymerase chain reaction.
  — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 4 Dec. 2021
• Most countries prefer the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test; a few accept the rapid antigen test.
  — National Geographic, 20 Nov. 2020
• The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test is considered to be the most accurate, but there are also rapid tests, some of which can be done at home.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2022
• DeWine said a rate combining the two is about 1 percentage point less than the rate for polymerase chain reaction tests only.
  — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2020
• The cases added to the state's tallies included 1,285 that were confirmed through polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests.
  — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2020
• These kits take more processing time and use a method called polymerase chain reaction, or P.C.R., to detect the coronavirus.
  — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• If a rapid test result comes back positive, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is taken and sent to a state lab for testing for the variant.
  — Angie Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• The program will provide polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests at no cost to residents.
  — Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2022
• The rapid tests are a valuable tool because of the speed of the results, but are less accurate than traditional polymerase chain reaction tests.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• Anyone who tests positive then receives a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to confirm the first test.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2020
• The cases added to state tallies included 155 that were confirmed through polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests.
  — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2021
• At the men’s event in Indiana, players are using a polymerase chain reaction — or PCR — test, which is considered the best test available.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
• Each batch is then processed by a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, the mainstay technique of coronavirus testing.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2021
• The more reliable polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests from the health department confirmed those results three and four days later.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• Travelers will be able to undergo either a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or a rapid antigen test at the airport.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2020
• Most of the current tests, processed through what’s known as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, technology, can take two or more days to return results.
  — Hal Dardick, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• Molecular tests, often called PCR tests due to the use of a polymerase chain reaction technique, are considered the most accurate.
  — Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The Abbott antigen test produces quick results but has a greater chance of false negatives than the more reliable polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
• Unlike the antigen tests, the quad test looks for a virus's genetic material using a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR for short.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• To count as a case of reinfection, a patient must have had a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test twice with at least one symptom-free month in between.
  — Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 18 Nov. 2020
• Unlike the antigen tests, the quad test looks for a virus’s genetic material using a polymerase chain reaction, or P.C.R. for short.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2021
• The cases added Tuesday included 1,421 that were confirmed through polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests.
  — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2020
• Sniffer dogs work faster and far more cheaply than polymerase chain reaction, or P.C.R., testing, their proponents say.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2021
• And as return times for polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, lab test results have stretched, workers with limited time off or who can’t afford to be off the job are showing up to work as normal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022
• Most of the new cases reported on Sunday -- 1,316 -- were classified as confirmed based on polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024