How to Use regeneration in a Sentence

regeneration

noun
  • Purring has been proven to aid in the process of bone regeneration.
    — Staff Report, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But that regeneration can take time—up to two years, or more.
    — Stephanie Feuer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020
  • For most of the sea slugs, the regeneration process took less than three weeks to complete.
    — New York Times, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Davis says that's because when all the trees get wiped out there are no seeds left for regeneration.
    — David Schechter, Chance Horner, CBS News, 13 July 2023
  • Close to tourist hotspots or designed to be a tool of urban regeneration?
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
  • On top of that, this body wash restores normal skin cell growth and regeneration.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022
  • What role can stories play in the regeneration of ourselves and our worlds?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
  • Signs of regeneration share walls with scenes of aching poverty and little hope.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
  • The study of brain cell regeneration has been ongoing for many years.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Does will often birth fawns in old clear-cuts with a few years of forest regeneration to protect them.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There are three drive modes – eco, normal and sport – and there’s a B-mode with greater regeneration.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 2 July 2022
  • So what does regeneration look like in practice?
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And that slower cell regeneration is what causes your face to look dry, dull, and wrinkled.
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 23 Aug. 2018
  • The first of these is high deer numbers—with deer preventing young tree growth and regeneration.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Finally, the health regeneration system—while clever—makes all of this just a tad bit worse.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • At this point, regeneration proceeded as normal, and the tails grew a new head.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Look for hydrating creams, serums or masks that soothe the skin and support regeneration.
    — Maria Goldbach, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The compound aids in the regeneration of brain cells and neural repair.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In fact, this loss indicates that the hair has rooted and entered the regeneration process.
    — Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • One challenge with human limb regeneration is that our bodies tend to produce a mass of scar tissue at the wound site.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And yet the birth itself is a metaphor for the family’s gumption and regeneration.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The rats and mice consumed seeds and seedlings, hampering the regeneration of native plant species.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In many cultures, the humble daisy symbolizes regeneration, a prescient theme for the dawn of a new year.
    — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • This is travel designed to leave a legacy of regeneration.
    — Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The team then tracked how each amino acid affected intestinal stem cell regeneration.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • To its left is a power and regeneration meter, and to the right is a multifunction display.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
  • This is the moment when nature is shouting at us to partake in the bounty of its rich feast of regeneration and renewal.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 7 May 2021
  • This gives the ability to both vary the front-to-rear torque split and adjust the output and regeneration of each motor to counter dive and squat motions.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2022
  • That is what makes depletion so expensive and regeneration so hard to displace.
    — Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The wellness center wants to extend your life—one focused on renewal and regeneration from within to live that life to the fullest.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026

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