How to Use molecular in a Sentence

molecular

adjective
  • Both glass and bone share a key trait thanks to their molecular structures.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There’s now a class of at-home molecular tests that can already do that.
    — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • This heat triggers a molecular tug-of-war.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • Fatty acids are one of the molecular building blocks that make up fats.
    — Eyleen Jorgelina O'Rourke, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Some studies are starting to zoom in on the molecular process.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • For this, a new kind of molecular glue was created.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Its molecular profile did not lie.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
  • By the time the molecular part of the project was set to begin, the pandemic had hit.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The area is made up of three giant bunches of cold atomic gas called molecular clouds.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In that sense, the nuclear pore complex is far more than a molecular gate.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The new filter works at the molecular level to stop this problem.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Like a molecular stamp, imprinting labels which genes are from mom and which are from dad.
    — Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The newts’ toxins kill by plugging up molecular pores in muscle and nerve cells.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The antigen test is to the molecular test like a cloth mask is to the N95.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
  • On a molecular level, the biosimilars are all about the same.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This is where the new molecular cancer treatment comes into play.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Researchers have also struggled to track how small molecular changes spread across the body over time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • There was no white tablecloth, no molecular fusion, no farm-to-table ethos.
    — Jenny Adams, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
  • Down to the molecular level, the parasite is pulling the strings.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
  • The molecular features lined up.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 June 2026
  • Now, that’s because of how it’s produced on the molecular level.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Stars are born in vast clouds of molecular hydrogen gas laced with heavy elements.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • From a patient’s point of view, antigen testing works in much the same way as molecular testing.
    — Allison Duncan, Health.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • He his famous for his molecular French fare that has earned two Michelin stars.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The molecular test uses a nasal swab to detect the virus in just 20 minutes.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2020
  • There is ceramic inside the aluminum from a molecular point of view.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
  • One of the biggest roadblocks has been finding the right molecular targets.
    — Angus Chen Reprints, STAT, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Mol and others are trying to learn the molecular design rules that will make this possible.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The glucose in your cells then supplies your body with energy at the molecular level.
    — Rosemary Trout, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • As the star forms, the dust and gas resemble ribbons that come from a surrounding molecular cloud.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2023

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