genetically modified
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The OTC trials were positive; they were fast at work on a genetically modified tree.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Though they later held meetings to smooth over their differences, the network is again livid following the reauthorization of German agrochemical giant Bayer's dicamba herbicide for sprayed use on genetically modified soybean and cotton.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
They require immune cells to be collected from a patient's blood, grown in a lab, and genetically modified before being returned to the body.
From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026
Another wave of change hit shelves beginning around 2010 as more consumers started to hunt for organic foods and those free from allergens, gluten and genetically modified organisms, according to Mintel’s Dornblaser.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
It had given her pleasure, buying chocolate bars from the newsstand, cheap bars filled with sugar and chemicals and other genetically modified ghastly things.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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