seeds
Example Sentences
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Apple and other customers squeezed suppliers during past downturns, sowing the seeds for current shortages, memory executives say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Boreal forests are also supposed to burn on an infrequent basis, in order to open up certain pine cones and spread their seeds, or to clear out lower tree branches.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
It also limited the ability of malformed tau to act as "seeds" that recruit more tau proteins and build larger clumps.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sowing doubt, tossing seeds of chaos into the soil to see what grows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
They hit the kennels and steal meat but they would rather have berries and seeds.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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