How to Use life cycle in a Sentence

life cycle

noun
Definition of life cyclenext
  • The life cycle of the fungus gnat is 18 days from egg to egg.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
  • What looks like a fruit tree, near the end of its life cycle, grows by the front porch.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In other words, what are the long-term plans for the brand’s life cycle?
    — Dave Wendland, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Here is a link about the life cycle of a thrip for your review.
    — oregonlive, 24 July 2021
  • The beetle has a one-year life cycle but spends most of its life in the soil as a grub.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • At the greenhouse where Mr. Banks and Ms. West teach, campers learn how to grow plants and the plant life cycle.
    — Alecia Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
  • And the beach also helps feed fish, so that could impact the life cycle in the ocean.
    — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • All plants have a life cycle, spanning from when a seed sprouts to when the plant dies.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
  • Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
  • Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
  • Breaking down the above ground life cycle of the noisy insect.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • That life cycle is what struck Wendy Sprints on the brewery’s last day.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2022
  • The life cycle of a cricket, from egg to adult, spans roughly one to four months.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
  • Fish spend some of their life cycles hiding in the mangroves.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • The final leg of the life cycle is its most complex: consumers.
    — Ryan Begin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The first thing to understand is this is a natural life cycle even for the teams at the top of the food chain.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • There was even a session about how the life cycle of soil inspires art.
    — Karen Lubeck, Town & Country, 30 June 2022
  • Bull kelp’s life cycle works like this: Kelp emerges in spring and attaches to the rocky sea floor.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2021
  • This rapid life cycle is why getting rid of fruit flies can be so tricky.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2022
  • This stage of its life cycle is much harder to notice in the garden.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Wild Summon follows the life cycle of the wild salmon in human form.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Check out how to ID the various life cycle stages here.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 6 July 2021
  • The life cycle of the loan is about as long as a computer takes to process a transaction.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 8 May 2022
  • Snowmelt and water are one and the same at different stages of the water’s life cycle.
    — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Many of the funds included on our list are still early in their life cycle.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The species can also go months between feeding and has a two-to-three-year life cycle.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 May 2022
  • As the soil temperatures warm in the spring, the grubs return to the surface to complete their life cycle.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • The life cycle from egg to breeding adult is usually about 10 to 15 days.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • Duncan Taylor has owned this cask — #3254 — for virtually its full life cycle, the whisky aging that entire time in the bottler’s HQ vault.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The parasite that causes schistosomiasis completes its life cycle in two hosts – first in snails and then in mammals such as people, dogs, and mice.
    — Trirupa Chakraborty, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024

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