How to Use reproduction in a Sentence

reproduction

noun
  • The males also have large spines on the end of their tails that the team believes may have to do with reproduction.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Two years ago, the colonies suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades due to a lack of those fish.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Once the team flipped that switch, the female flies had the ability to just do the whole reproduction thing on their own.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • The spring patterns up to this point are based much more on food and warmth than reproduction.
    Nicole Stone, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024
  • For instance, as a Christmas card, the reproduction was not just the work of art, but the whole label.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • This means that for all the fun of the glitches, the feed is a faithful reproduction of the live tennis, just on a short delay.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Though the mural was torn down due to the school’s expansion, a poster reproduction of it still exists at the school.
    Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The main difference might be the texture: The record’s couch appears to be more of a bouclé while the reproduction is velvet.
    Curbed, 15 Nov. 2022
  • According to the zoo, the species has a low success rate for reproduction.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • The findings indicate that menopause ends reproduction in chimps at around the age of 50, the study authors write.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In a nod to his style, the doors on oak calendar serve as a canvas for a faithful reproduction of the painting.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The poster, a large reproduction of the album cover, was stunning.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, low-level heat helps the trees with reproduction, by opening their seed cones.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Except that, in this world view, not all reproduction is equal.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Though the device had a good-sized display, the color reproduction wasn't great.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Each has its own life span, its own pattern of reproduction.
    Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • The new species was identified by its eyelids, reproduction method, scale pattern and DNA, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The sound reproduction is also a tad more balanced than the G333 earbuds, with the bass slotting in better with the overall sound.
    Joe Parlock, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The zoo is part of the species survival program for the Galápagos tortoises, but reproduction wasn’t easy for the 80-year-old Max.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
  • The trees have long been mostly immune to wildfires and, in fact, rely on heat from the flames to release seeds from their cones for reproduction.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The paint colors are reproductions of those that were used in Colonial Williamsburg.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • Montessori talks about writing as a gesture of the hands, as opposed to a reproduction of the letters of the alphabet.
    Rivka Galchen, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
  • Early in the program, some females were triple clutched to speed up reproduction rates.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Chapters cropped up in dozens of cities across the country and even abroad, many using the bomb logo, which the New York group made available for reproduction.
    New York Times, 25 June 2021
  • Extreme heat means the fruit has to spend too much energy on survival; there isn’t enough to spare for reproduction.
    Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Blade Runner is a story about runaway slaves, and Blade Runner: 2049 is about the reproduction of slaves.
    Madeline Ashby, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But none could have guessed just how challenging reproduction would be for the pair—and for pandas overall.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • All of this is to say that the reproduction criterion isn't black-and-white, and neither is the definition of life.
    Scientific American, 1 June 2023
  • One option is to keep Pheromone super sticky glue traps, which attract the male moths, therefore removing them from the reproduction cycle, in your wardrobe or around your home.
    Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Warmer temperatures mean different species of fish begin their reproduction at different times which can lead to a host of issues.
    Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025

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