How to Use reproductive in a Sentence

reproductive

1 of 2 adjective
  • This pest’s reproductive pace speeds up with the heat.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s what the moves on reproductive health mean for consumers.
    — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The decision has left states to draw up their own rules about reproductive health care.
    — Anisa Arsenault, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Not just one reproductive challenge, but so many.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
  • No, germ cells here refer to the reproductive cells within your ovaries.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • People moved to our city for access to reproductive care.
    — Tracy Baim, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This study is a major step forward in reproductive medicine.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Then there’s reproductive health care.
    — Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In adults, lead can cause high blood pressure and issues with the brain, kidneys and reproductive health.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Saying goodbye to reproductive years or watching your body change in big ways can trigger grief for some.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Research has found that there are a number of ways that people can improve their reproductive health.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • On top of that, bats have very low reproductive rates, with most species having one baby per year, says Owen.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Pollen is the powdery substance made by seed-producing plants and trees that is part of their reproductive process.
    — Kenya Hunter, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Bolting is, in essence, the process of plants hurrying to enter the reproductive phase of their growth.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 12 May 2023
  • Pollen is a fine, powdery substance produced by plants as part of their reproductive cycles.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • Researchers have found that even brief exposure to these can impact one’s reproductive health.
    — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These reproductive termites exit their colonies in search of new ones to establish.
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Pollen is the male reproductive material that plants release to spread their species.
    — Levi Keller, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
  • Kemp also said there have been instances of people who have been tracked going to reproductive health clinics.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Menopausal species of whales have a similar reproductive period to non-menopausal species.
    — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Is this work grounded in reproductive justice?
    — Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
  • All gene editing for reproductive purposes has also long been banned.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 3 July 2023
  • But as their reproductive windows narrow with age, some decide to move forward by themselves.
    — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Her research focuses on the effects of cannabis on reproductive health.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This time of year pollen can frequently be seen blowing through the air and forming clumps on the ground, as trees shed pollen as part of the reproductive process.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • In an era of advanced reproductive technology, an embryo mix-up must be held to this same standard.
    — Robert Travieso, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • An adult might, say, get eaten or crushed before maxing out its reproductive potential.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • But in recent years, climate change has disrupted the reproductive rhythm.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • After the eggs hatched, males left the nest site and soon reappeared in the observation area for the next reproductive cycle.
    — New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Hannah, a reproductive-health clinician who had a baby about a year and a half ago, is still in the trenches of post-partum life.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026

reproductive

2 of 2 noun
  • These reproductives will have two sets of wings with the front pair longer than the hind pair.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • These reproductives will have two sets of wings with the front pair longer than the hind pair.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • These reproductives, called alates, will have two sets of wings of different sizes, says Benson.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • These reproductives, called alates, will have two sets of wings of different sizes, says Benson.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • Even something that innocuous could be at risk in the march to strip away women’s reproductive and privacy rights.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2022
  • Planning of any kind, including reproductive, is uncommon for those in the grind of homelessness.
    — Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • About 1 in 10 of reproductive-age women have chronically high blood pressure — which doubles among Black women.
    — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Levels of reproductive and stress hormones, nutrition profiles, toxin loads, microbiome details, pregnancy, loss of pregnancy and more are revealed once the scat is analyzed.
    — Starre Vartan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2020
  • She was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a condition that affects 8% to 18% of reproductive-aged women.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the chronic condition, which data from the World Health Organization finds impacts anywhere from six to 13% of reproductive-aged women globally, also affects how someone will experience perimenopause and menopause.
    — Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors have renamed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect the wide-ranging symptoms of the condition that affects about 10%-13% of reproductive-aged women.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 May 2026

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