How do you use Glyphosate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Glyphosate in a sentence
Glyphosate meaning
- N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.
- Any of several herbicides based on it, such as Roundup.
Glyphosate vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Glyphosate
- The main meaning on this page is: N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme. | Any of several herbicides based on it, such as Roundup.
- Possible Dutch translations are: glyfosaat.
- In the example corpus, glyphosate often appears in combinations such as: of glyphosate, glyphosate is, glyphosate as.
Context around Glyphosate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Glyphosate
- In this selection, "glyphosate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, containing, produce, sprays, resistant, herbicide and residue stand out and add context to how "glyphosate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 or glyphosate roundup group and a conventional glyphosate application would. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "glyphosate" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with glyphosate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The chemical herbicide 'Glyphosate' has documented negative and potentially harmful environmental impacts. (12 words)
There is a strong link between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (12 words)
Ivy can also be controlled by spraying it with a weed killer containing glyphosate. (14 words)
The introduction of glyphosate-resistant sugar beets may contribute to the growing number of glyphosate-resistant weeds, so Monsanto has developed a program to encourage growers to use different herbicide modes of action to control their weeds. (37 words)
Since then Monsanto and its parent company Bayer, which produce glyphosate, have suffered several high-profile court losses to victims of glyphosate who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers. (31 words)
Whether glyphosate is cancer-causing or not is far beyond the scope of this article, however, it is true that, like dioxin, we are exposed to glyphosate in many food products. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite the continued evolution of glyphosate-resistant weeds, farmers would be lost without glyphosate, as it still provides excellent and economical control of many troublesome weed species,” says Steckel.
Since then Monsanto and its parent company Bayer, which produce glyphosate, have suffered several high-profile court losses to victims of glyphosate who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other cancers.
Whether glyphosate is cancer-causing or not is far beyond the scope of this article, however, it is true that, like dioxin, we are exposed to glyphosate in many food products.
The introduction of glyphosate-resistant sugar beets may contribute to the growing number of glyphosate-resistant weeds, so Monsanto has developed a program to encourage growers to use different herbicide modes of action to control their weeds.
A French farmer sprays glyphosate herbicide in a corn field in northwestern France on April 23, 2021.
Bayer says plaintiffs' lawyers were allowed to imply that the ruling meant glyphosate was unsafe, when the court only found that the agency had not followed required procedure.
In this regard, in the last decade, the use of glyphosate during the sugar cane harvest has been linked to a high rate of kidney failure in El Salvador.
It revealed that the cost-effective and efficient nature of glyphosate was superior to other methods, such as hot water, hot foam, acetic acid and manual weed control.
Ivy can also be controlled by spraying it with a weed killer containing glyphosate.
The chemical herbicide 'Glyphosate' has documented negative and potentially harmful environmental impacts.
The settlement also requires the companies to immediately remove or discontinue any advertisements that represent Roundup products containing glyphosate as harmless, nontoxic or free from risk to pollinators and other wildlife.
A Highland MSP has asked Highland Council to take urgent action to enforce their policy banning the use of pesticides, including glyphosate, on school playgrounds.
Brazilian law allows levels of glyphosate residue in drinking water that are 5,000 times higher than Europe’s.
He said: "A conventional glyphosate application would have been the easiest option but I and the other members of this committee take concerns around safety and biodiversity extremely seriously.
Mr Fuller added: “It could also be partly the spraying of glyphosate in fields.
There is a strong link between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
California lists the chemical glyphosate as “known to cause cancer” based on evidence from the World Health Organization.
EPA also reiterated its conclusion that “glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans”, its most favorable rating.
Farmers are limited to a few products like paraquat (Gramoxone; Group 22), glufosinate (Liberty; Group 10) or glyphosate (Roundup; Group 9) for cover crop termination.
He commented on the recent announcement by Mexican President Obrador that Mexico will gradually phase out the use of glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024.
Common combinations with glyphosate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of glyphosate 12×
- glyphosate is 9×
- glyphosate as 6×
- glyphosate in 6×
- glyphosate and 6×
- on glyphosate 6×
- glyphosate was 5×
- that glyphosate 5×
- to glyphosate 4×
- glyphosate roundup 4×