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[kon-juh-gay-shuhn] / ˌkɒn dʒəˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Known as sperm conjugation, this coordinated behavior is changing how scientists view both reproduction and evolution.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Even the mystery she’s trying to unravel depends on correctly parsing the meaning of syntax and conjugation.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

By joining the expertise in ON chemistry, including novel functionalization technology, of the Gothelf lab together with the peptide science legacy of Novo Nordisk, new and robust conjugation chemistry has emerged.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

The awkwardness of screwing up in front of strangers, butchering their language and sweating while you raid the mind’s dusty corners for a verb conjugation, is not to be found here.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023

In the past I had tried my hardest to be understanding, going so far as to allow the conjugation of nouns and the use of such questionable words as whateverishly.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

"If anyone asks if I can say something in Spanish, I just bosh out some verb conjugations," Raducanu joked.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

But Spanish speakers from four centuries ago might have recognized the unusual verb conjugations — if not the unorthodox pronunciations and words drawn from English and languages indigenous to North America.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023

Mandarin might not have gender or case endings, but there’s more to grammar than conjugations.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020

This is a language where verb conjugations are based not on I, they, we and so on, but on formality levels.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2017

If I never learned my French conjugations from Anatole, at least I would try to learn patience.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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