inseminate
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breed, enroot, implant, inculcate, infix, instill, plant, sow
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According to the New York Times, Epstein hoped that multiple women would be inseminated with his sperm. — Sharon Begley, STAT, "Citing ‘nerd tunnel vision,’ biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein," 5 Aug. 2019 Meng Meng mated for the first time with 9-year-old partner Jiao Qing in April, and was also artificially inseminated to increase the likelihood of pregnancy. — Washington Post, "High hopes that Berlin zoo’s panda is expecting," 14 Aug. 2019 Through a quick series of only-in-a-telenovela events, Jane is accidentally inseminated with the sperm of Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni), the handsome hotel mogul who was also Jane’s first crush. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Why ‘Jane the Virgin’ is the TV show you need right now," 5 Aug. 2019 In the first few episodes, Jane gets artificially inseminated by her doctor and ends up being pregnant by her super-hot boss and ex-crush Rafael Solano. — Lluvia Perez, Teen Vogue, "Jane the Virgin’s Impact On American Viewers and Latinx Storytelling," 1 Aug. 2019 According to a press release from the zoo, Victoria, the calf’s mother, was artificially inseminated with frozen semen from a male southern white rhino in March 2018 and carried the calf for 493 days before giving birth. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "Southern White Rhino Calf Conceived Through Artificial Insemination Born at San Diego Zoo," 1 Aug. 2019 Their reproductive cycles are the same (commercial hens have to be artificially inseminated). — Popular Mechanics, "The Secrets of Raising Heritage Turkeys," 21 Nov. 2018 The fecund doctor, Donald Cline, has since admitted to lying to patients and using his own sperm to inseminate them. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Fertility doc inseminated dozens of women with own sperm, DNA sites find," 31 Aug. 2018 She was artificially inseminated March 1, and scientists have been tracking her hormones and behavior since then. — Rebecca Bratek, CBS News, "National Zoo's giant panda experiencing "pseudopregnancy," zoo says," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inseminate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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