incubation
Example Sentences
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The state must record no new cases over 42 days—two incubation periods—to consider the outbreak over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Normanly explained that the eggs "were collected very carefully, wrapped up individually and packaged into a biscuit tin" to be transported to the incubation facility.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
However, the virus has an incubation period of several weeks, meaning more cases from the ship's occupants could emerge in the future, Tedros warned.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The incubation period is between two and 21 days, and the mortality rate in past Bundibugyo outbreaks was between 30% and 50%.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
When two more hammers joined the mayhem, she came out of her incubation trance.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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