How to Use incubation period in a Sentence

incubation period

noun
  • The virus’ incubation period can last up to six weeks, so more cases may still emerge.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • Ebola has an incubation period of about one and a half weeks.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • The idea is to get past the incubation period of the virus and limit the spread of an outbreak.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But the effects of the protests may not be seen for weeks due to the incubation period the virus poses.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2020
  • The idea is to get past the incubation period of the virus and limit further spread.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • After a month-long incubation period, three eggs hatched from one nest and one egg hatched from a second.
    — Raquel Baier, azcentral, 6 June 2019
  • And then, students should do their work online for two weeks, the incubation period of the virus.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • This virus has what's called an incubation period of usually around three to four weeks.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • But the rapid tests were far from foolproof and were sometimes foiled by the virus' lengthy incubation period.
    — Jonathan Lemire, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Males defend the female and the nest through most of the incubation period.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The virus usually has an incubation period of one to two weeks.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 19 July 2021
  • The incubation period seems to be 2 to 12 days, more or less.
    — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Measles also has a long incubation period, which means that someone could have measles and not know it for as long as two or three weeks.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • None have reported symptoms of the rare virus, which has an incubation period of up to six weeks.
    — Camille Behnke, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • The coronavirus incubation period seems much longer than that of the flu.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 May 2020
  • Wooten said that now that the two-week incubation period for the virus has passed, such an increase is unlikely.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In some cases, the incubation period can be longer.
    — Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The incubation period of the virus is believed to be 14 days.
    — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The incubation period for the virus is between two and 21 days.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This is your incubation period… your chrysalis.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Lopez became ill just 48 hours after the swap meet, which would have been a short incubation period.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The first stage is an incubation period where the virus takes hold right after the person is infected.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Judging by its incubation period, the species would not have had time to hatch babies and then migrate south for the winter.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The incubation period is three to 17 days, when there may be no other symptoms.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • There are no more symptomatic passengers on board, but the virus incubation period can be up to six weeks.
    — Camila Bernal, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • The virus is thought to have an incubation period that can last as long as 14 days, though is often between four and five days.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 15 June 2020
  • The incubation period — the period from infection to the start of symptoms — is as short as two days to as long as three weeks.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Still, officials said, because of the incubation period of the virus of up to two weeks, a spike is not apparent.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 6 June 2020
  • The incubation period, the time between exposure to the virus and the onset of symptoms, passed two weeks ago.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The incubation period for the Andes virus is believed to be up to 42 days.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 11 May 2026

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