germinate

Example Sentences

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Jumping straight into a list of major to-dos would leave little time for ideas to germinate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

And getting certification is a rigorous, costly process, as seeds need to be tested in a laboratory for their purity and things like how well they germinate.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Southern California received heavy rain last summer, unlike its usually dry summers, which she said probably stimulated flowers to germinate out of season.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

The seed bank has been recharged, she said, but that doesn’t mean those seeds will bloom in 2024; wildflower seeds can lie dormant for years before they germinate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

But again, although most of the seeds would germinate after one year, after two years the percentage would decline, and after three or four they would not do well at all.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien