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inseminate

[in-sem-uh-nayt] / ɪnˈsɛm əˌneɪt /
VERB
impregnate
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A Colorado jury awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate mothers who requested anonymous donors.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

She had hoped to artificially inseminate ocelots at three zoos as part of a project to save these small, elegant spotted cats in the wild.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023

Semen from a Merino ram from Australia was used to artificially inseminate 35 Romney sheep on two farms in Gwynedd.

From BBC ● May 15, 2023

But the timing was crucial: Females usually lay two or three eggs and the moment one egg is laid is the right time to inseminate the next one.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 8, 2022

Use 0.1 c.c. of the mixed liquor to inseminate each of a series of three nutrose surface plates.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

If a breeder inseminates cows with semen from an infertile bull, the cows will not become pregnant.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

Female orcas kept captive in marine zoos can be artificially inseminated to breed more calves, which can later be used to attract more visitors and perform in shows.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

But it doesn't end there: the unsuccessfully inseminated cows often cause further problems to the farmers, as they don't give birth to calves and no longer produce milk, meaning the farmer has to replace them.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

A UW Medicine physician agreed to surrender his license after a California woman alleges DNA testing revealed he had artificially inseminated her with his own sperm.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Reeves and Swanson artificially inseminated nine zoo ocelots with sperm from the wild Texas animals in 2021 and 2022, and no pregnancies resulted.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023

Richalé married a girl that he had studied with, at the beginning of the same year that Dioneza was artificially inseminated.

From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic

And with each insemination costing 80 Swiss francs, that can soon eat up a breeder's budget: a typical Swiss dairy farm spends several thousand Swiss francs a year on artificially inseminating its herd of cows.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

As for Phoenix’s much commented-on speech, yes, OK, he talked about “artificially inseminating cows”, not a subject generally associated with the Oscars.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2020

Currently, Colorado has no specific law against doctors using their own sperm when inseminating a woman from an “anonymous” donor.

From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2019

Dr Barwin was previously sanctioned in 2013 for artificially inseminating three patients with the wrong sperm at his Ottawa clinic.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2018

Larger-scale breeding operations are more likely to use in vitro techniques: inseminating many egg cells from a given cow in a Petri dish, creating dozens of embryos instead of a handful.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2015


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