embryo
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Quarterback Josh Allen is 30 years old—an embryo by Tommy Brady standards, but still.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The embryo must successfully implant, and then even after implantation and a positive pregnancy test there’s risk of miscarriage.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
If an embryo failed to form ectoderm, the nervous system would not develop, she said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
They discovered that the brain organoids continued to change and mature over the years, despite never having been inside an embryo, let alone a body.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The unfurling of an embryo; the reach of a plant toward sunlight; the ritual dance of bees—every biological activity required the decoding of coded instructions.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“The battle over embryos is becoming a big problem in divorces now.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
So unmarried couples with shared embryos may want to modify the terms of the contract signed with the fertility clinic as part of a prenup process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
"At these stages, the embryos don't have muscles to move with, so different forces are making them coil right-handed," Weber explains.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
"We obtained pictures for more than 900 embryos from 39 snake and other limbless squamate species. That's a statistically robust sample."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The day came when he implanted the tiny embryos in the brood cows.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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Vocabulary lists containing embryo
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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