How to Use life cycle in a Sentence

life cycle

noun
Definition of life cyclenext
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  • The life cycle of the fungus gnat is 18 days from egg to egg.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
  • What looks like a fruit tree, near the end of its life cycle, grows by the front porch.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In other words, what are the long-term plans for the brand’s life cycle?
    — Dave Wendland, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The beetle has a one-year life cycle but spends most of its life in the soil as a grub.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • At the greenhouse where Mr. Banks and Ms. West teach, campers learn how to grow plants and the plant life cycle.
    — Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
  • All plants have a life cycle, spanning from when a seed sprouts to when the plant dies.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
  • That life cycle is what struck Wendy Sprints on the brewery’s last day.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2022
  • Fish spend some of their life cycles hiding in the mangroves.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • The final leg of the life cycle is its most complex: consumers.
    — Ryan Begin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • There was even a session about how the life cycle of soil inspires art.
    — Karen Lubeck, Town & Country, 30 June 2022
  • This stage of its life cycle is much harder to notice in the garden.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Wild Summon follows the life cycle of the wild salmon in human form.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Many of the funds included on our list are still early in their life cycle.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • As the soil temperatures warm in the spring, the grubs return to the surface to complete their life cycle.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • This reflects the life cycle of the salmon, which return to their home streams to die and give life to the next generation.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Each card shows a different point in the pumpkin life cycle.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Termites have five stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, nymph, molt, and adult.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 June 2023
  • Artist Portis shows the life cycle of a sunflower, from seed to sprout to plant to seed, in this picture book.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022
  • This vineyard spice brings nuttiness and tannins and connects the life cycle of the wine in a closed loop.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • After the fruit flies had undergone their full life cycles, their genomes were scanned.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Head over to the Butterfly House and witness the life cycle of around 400 butterflies.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • Hundreds of millions of years ago, Shonisaurus traveled to this place as part of their life cycle.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The life cycle of birth, maturation and death is a given.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • That stretch includes the Browns’ entire second life cycle.
    — cleveland, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Cicadas have the longest life cycle of any insect, waiting 13 or 17 years to emerge.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The average life cycle of hair begins with a growth phase called the anagen phase.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This will help to break the flea life cycle and prevent re-infestation.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The flukes travel to the deer’s liver and complete their life cycle there, laying eggs that exit back into the world through the deer’s feces.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Surfers put themselves through this life cycle over and over again in the water, learning to embody resiliency along the way.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This is a natural part of their life cycle, with new antlers regrowing each spring after the old ones have been shed.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023

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