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Recent Examples of insecticide
Give your trees complete care to prevent the spread of citrus greening by applying an insecticide as the new leaves develop.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Gene drives have also been recently employed to reduce insecticide resistance in common agricultural pests.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
As one White House official put it, Lewandowski was like a cockroach who’d grown immune to insecticide—getting rid of him was easier said than done.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Do not apply when trees or shrubs are in bloom or if nearby flowering plants may absorb the insecticide.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
Gene drives have also been recently employed to reduce insecticide resistance in common agricultural pests.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
As one White House official put it, Lewandowski was like a cockroach who’d grown immune to insecticide—getting rid of him was easier said than done.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Do not apply when trees or shrubs are in bloom or if nearby flowering plants may absorb the insecticide.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insecticide
Noun
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Washing cannot guarantee produce will be completely rid of pesticide residue.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Joshua Stamper, speaking for the department under the pesticide management area, said Minnesota has found itself in a predicament of increasing a practice that is looked on as positive, adding acres of cover crops, yet that increase is met with a reliance on a product deemed unsafe.—
Michael Johnson,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As an invasive species, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources recommend cutting medium to larger Callery trees down to the stump and treating them with herbicide.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Know your weeds and the herbicides that provide control; make applications as needed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The most common was fludioxonil, a fungicide found in nearly 90% of peach and plum samples.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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The fungicide is sprayed on the fruits after harvest to prevent mold.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the 1970s, Claudia Miller, an allergist and environmental scientist, was studying how toxicants affect people in industrial settings and began noticing strange symptoms emerging after certain kinds of chemical exposures.—
Kate Raphael,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Then, using a simulation, the team found that the warmth and weight of the sleeping child could increase the off-gassing of the toxicants.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Insecticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insecticide. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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