How to Use reproduce in a Sentence

reproduce

verb
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  • Salmon return to the stream to reproduce offspring.
  • The virus is able to reproduce itself very rapidly.
  • They haven't been able to reproduce the results of the first experiment.
  • Sound effects can reproduce the sound of thunder.
  • The concert will be reproduced on compact disc.
  • Next the fungus kills the host and uses it to reproduce.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • This means the bears are active year-round and able to mate and reproduce at any time.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Most would soon die, and few at this age would even be able to reproduce.
    — Heide Brandes, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The trick to reproducing this in gluten-free baking is to create a dough that’s sticky and thick enough to do the same.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Bees and ants reproduce quickly–a queen can lay up to thousands of eggs in a day.
    — Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
  • James Ford reproduced it and helped put the final touches on it.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
  • The result is that these rivers are not cold enough for salmon to reproduce and not high enough to help baby salmon swim back to the ocean.
    — Nicole Norman, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The drop in fat could affect when purple martins are able to reproduce.
    — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Humpback whales travel up the coast of Australia to reproduce.
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • Studies of the samples’ guts, gonads and eggs help determine how much the fish eat and reproduce.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Key does a great job of reproducing the chaos that the conflict brings into the lives of every member of the family.
    — Jane Smiley, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • Don’t just reproduce the language of journalism or of the algorithm and think your job is done.
    — Melissa Rodman, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The show, as a whole, reproduces this tendency to deflect rather than argue.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Are European ideas and philosophy the ideas that he is meant to reproduce, to teach?
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • To make matters worse, fleas reproduce at an alarming rate.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Bias in the data an AI model relies on is reproduced in its results.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That puts the world’s largest land carnivores at risk — especially for females that need to weigh more than 420 pounds to be able to reproduce.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, William Swanson was trying to get cats to reproduce.
    — Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 6 June 2023
  • Wonder has developed a new kind of food hall, a kitchen at each location that is able to reproduce the meals of more than 20 restaurants.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The nonstick surface that develops over years of use is invaluable, and not easy to reproduce.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But Arcand uses a coding program to play sounds that reproduce a mood or vibe based on the telescope imagery.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The mammals lived in captivity and reproduced in fur farms, which numbered in the hundreds at the industry’s height during the 1950s.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Manatees are slow swimmers and slow to reproduce − a female has one calf at a time and may tend to it for two years, according to wildlife experts.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But Kahng and others claim that even this version was not complete enough to reproduce the research.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The most important thing is whether the actors can reproduce the characters in a way that will satisfy the people who read the manga.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023

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