Example Sentences

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The scientists say the trait might be inherited from an evolutionary ancestor, so dinosaurs might also have been capable of self-reproduction.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023

Man is capable of self-reproduction and even of occasional genetic improvements.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the long bacteria do not possess the capacity of self-reproduction in the blood, to produce fatal results the quantity of putrid fluid injected must be large or be frequently repeated.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

With the same power of endless growth and self-reproduction did my architecture proceed in dreams. 

From Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas

It is the gift and power of self-reproduction that changes the selfish, individual existence into the larger, altruistic life.

From The Boy and the Sunday School A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys by Alexander, John L.