Example Sentences
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It is easy to laugh at the childlike naiveté of sending seeds to Mars, an idea that never germinated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
But Schneider and her colleagues believe there’s probably a healthy collection of seeds in the soil from previous years that hasn’t germinated yet that could help it recover when conditions are right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Once the grains germinated in a laboratory, the seedlings were planted in water in June, and harvesting began in early October.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Mr Biddulph said now they are "recognised as malting ovens, used to heat partially germinated grain to produce malt".
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024
So they saw that they had to plant more seedpod trees for the sake of the oil, but the pods were so hard that they seldom germinated.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
