How to Use reproduction in a Sentence

reproduction

noun
  • Coral reproduction is a bit of long-shot to begin with.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The spring patterns up to this point are based much more on food and warmth than reproduction.
    — Nicole Stone, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024
  • Except that, in this world view, not all reproduction is equal.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Two years ago, the colonies suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades due to a lack of those fish.
    — Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Midrange and high-end reproduction is no better.
    — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, low-level heat helps the trees with reproduction, by opening their seed cones.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • As for reproduction, the keepers don’t need to tell the roaches twice.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The males also have large spines on the end of their tails that the team believes may have to do with reproduction.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
  • This doesn’t mean elite parents sit around plotting class reproduction over brunch.
    — Rob Henderson, Washington Post, 21 June 2026
  • But modern reproduction is opening up more ways for parents to choose what kind of child to have.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The fourth image shows this to be a reproduction in a book, which in the fourth image shows a man reading it.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 June 2026
  • Annual vines have to go through the growth/reproduction cycle in just one year, so grow faster.
    — oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2020
  • According to the zoo, the species has a low success rate for reproduction.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2022
  • Early in the program, some females were triple clutched to speed up reproduction rates.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Throughout these years, the body begins to prepare for the end of reproduction.
    — Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Once the team flipped that switch, the female flies had the ability to just do the whole reproduction thing on their own.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • When life falls out of sync, there can be dire consequences for health, reproduction, and survival.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Though the device had a good-sized display, the color reproduction wasn't great.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The poster, a large reproduction of the album cover, was stunning.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
  • But none could have guessed just how challenging reproduction would be for the pair—and for pandas overall.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Though the mural was torn down due to the school’s expansion, a poster reproduction of it still exists at the school.
    — Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Extreme heat means the fruit has to spend too much energy on survival; there isn’t enough to spare for reproduction.
    — Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • This means that for all the fun of the glitches, the feed is a faithful reproduction of the live tennis, just on a short delay.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • For instance, as a Christmas card, the reproduction was not just the work of art, but the whole label.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Call quality is very good, with crisp voice reproduction even amid noisy background music.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In a nod to his style, the doors on oak calendar serve as a canvas for a faithful reproduction of the painting.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
  • This appeared to be guided by the female's slow reproduction.
    — New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Once fully grown, the medusae spawn a colony and repeat the asexual reproduction process.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One quick and fun feature is a daily reproduction of the front pages of newspapers from across the country and around the world.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • For the artist, the one that usually must be proven first to enforce any or all of these is infringement of the reproduction right.
    — Sam MacIlwaine, Outside, 3 Dec. 2025

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