Examples of herbicide in a Sentence
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Utilize Cardboard Skip toxic herbicides and synthetic landscape fabric, and reach for used cardboard instead.
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Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
Some growers use ground application of other herbicides and glyphosate, in cases where the weeds haven't become herbicide tolerant.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
Based on the state’s map, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers last summer began measuring river flow and current with dye as a preliminary step to a plan next summer to test whether hydrilla rich areas can be controlled with herbicide.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
Their products are third-party tested for purity and potency, including nutritional content, pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals, allergens, microbes, and other potential contaminants.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
There’s the ongoing–and unjustified–litigation around glyphosate, an essential herbicide that environmental regulators in every major country have assessed as safe.
—Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
How to control Callery pear trees Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources recommends cutting larger trees down to a stump, then treating the stump with an herbicide.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
After losing several more lawsuits, Bayer in 2020 agreed to a $10 billion settlement with thousands of plaintiffs, while retaining the right to sell Roundup without having to issue a cancer warning on the herbicide and its products.
—Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
The department said all herbicides used in the program are registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
Some growers use ground application of other herbicides and glyphosate, in cases where the weeds haven't become herbicide tolerant.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
Based on the state’s map, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers last summer began measuring river flow and current with dye as a preliminary step to a plan next summer to test whether hydrilla rich areas can be controlled with herbicide.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
Their products are third-party tested for purity and potency, including nutritional content, pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals, allergens, microbes, and other potential contaminants.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
There’s the ongoing–and unjustified–litigation around glyphosate, an essential herbicide that environmental regulators in every major country have assessed as safe.
—Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
How to control Callery pear trees Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources recommends cutting larger trees down to a stump, then treating the stump with an herbicide.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
After losing several more lawsuits, Bayer in 2020 agreed to a $10 billion settlement with thousands of plaintiffs, while retaining the right to sell Roundup without having to issue a cancer warning on the herbicide and its products.
—Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
The department said all herbicides used in the program are registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Herbicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herbicide. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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herbicide
noun
her·bi·cide
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌsīd 
: a chemical substance used to destroy or stop plant growth
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