sequence
noun
the following of one thing after another; succession.
have sequenced
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present perfectof sequence.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Initially, I thought we must have sequenced some alien species. It's very rare for an active gene, which makes a protein, to not have a match."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
So far, scientists have sequenced the genomes of 1000 dogs and cached 14,000 tissue samples.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 7, 2024
Since then, scientists have sequenced 18 Neanderthal genomes, said lead author Laurits Skov, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
And of the world’s nearly 6,000 mammalian species, scientists have sequenced the ACE2 receptors of just a few hundred of them, creating a biased data set.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Scientists have sequenced delta's mutations but are still trying to understand their significance, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
