How to Use glyphosate in a Sentence

glyphosate

noun
  • Bigelow tea wouldn’t be the first product to have traces of glyphosate.
    — Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • And some types of glyphosates may be more harmful than others.
    — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The dangers of glyphosate are widely known.
    — Jack Lohmann, Time, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The clearest rupture came over glyphosate.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Monsanto says that glyphosate does not pose a threat to humans.
    — Douglas Main, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2016
  • Roundup sold to commercial users, which makes up the bulk of the sales, will still include glyphosate.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 10 June 2022
  • What research is there into glyphosate’s health effects?
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The safety of glyphosate is still contested.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • If any does, apply a glyphosate-only herbicide to it as a spray.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
  • Much of the research focus on glyphosate has explored its links to cancer.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Agus added that the urine of most Americans contains glyphosate.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 13 June 2019
  • Spray or paint the plants with an herbicide containing glyphosate.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 12 July 2019
  • Most of our exposure to glyphosate, which is used in weed killers like Roundup, occurs through food.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Re-registration for glyphosate in the EU is due to start this year.
    — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • Whether or not trace amounts of glyphosate are harmful to humans is a subject of intense debate.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017
  • What that means is that there is some evidence to suggest glyphosate poses a cancer risk.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Two large meta-analyses have found that people exposed to glyphosate have a higher risk of cancer.
    — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the glyphosate executive order has changed things for her and her cohorts.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The health effects of glyphosate exposure have been debated for some time.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Alaskan yardeners and gardeners don’t use Roundup or any other form of glyphosate.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The team found that the leaves absorbed less glyphosate at higher temperatures.
    — Natasha Gilbert, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The powder is made with yellow peas that are free from glyphosate, the herbicide found in Roundup.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
  • Hold the nozzle close to the foliage or use a brush or sponge, so glyphosate cannot contact your desirable plants.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • When the seedlings reached around 4 inches high, the researchers dosed some with glyphosate and others with dicamba.
    — Natasha Gilbert, Wired, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The herbicide Rodeo, also known as glyphosate, will be used instead.
    — Dallas News, 21 July 2022
  • Weedkillers like glyphosate can be used in the spring, but this isn't likely to eradicate a mature patch of ivy.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Southwestern and Northeastern states used the least glyphosate per square mile.
    — Danica Jefferies, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The report specifically takes issue with two weed killers, glyphosate and atrazine.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 June 2025
  • As spraying increased, weeds resistant to glyphosate emerged.
    — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Ex-Roundup users blame glyphosate for their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers.
    — Tim Loh, Fortune, 25 June 2020

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