synthesize
verb (used with object)
to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze).
had synthesized
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past perfectof synthesize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When Weir injected the rat pancreas with GLP-1 that Mojsov had synthesized, insulin output ticked up.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2023
The cycle of excitement and deflation repeated later in the day when scientists at Southeast University in Nanjing, China, reported that they had synthesized LK-99 and measured zero resistance in one of the samples.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Her husband, Harry Brodie, a chemist, had synthesized the first aromatase inhibitors as part of his research into contraceptives.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2017
Chemists had synthesized everything from peptides to poisons, and some were trying to build molecules that could accomplish the same functions as natural enzymes or antibodies with different chemical structures.
From Nature ● Nov. 21, 2012
We had long since discovered how the Germans had synthesized the carbohydrate molecule from carbon dioxide and water and built therefrom the sugars, starches and fat needed for human nutrition.
From City of Endless Night by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
