How to Use DNA in a Sentence

DNA

noun

• Brewer asked for his right to a lawyer when he was told DNA was found at the scene of a murder, police said.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Aside from collecting footage, the team intends to obtain water samples to test for DNA of the mammals present in the region.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024
• That’s a nod to that movie, which inspired a lot of the DNA of our movie.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
• So there is something to be said about the DNA and the risk appetite.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
• The rareness and the discretion are an important part of the DNA of Cristaseya.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2023
• These stem cells are edited with exa-cel in the lab to delete the snippet of DNA that causes the cells to warp.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• But there was also a lot of reality in the DNA, which was set in the first shows.
  — Monica Kim, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• Some of us, the lucky ones, live and die without ever knowing about the poison in our DNA.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024
• The new species was identified by its eyelids, scale pattern and DNA, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2024
• The test works by looking for cancer signals from DNA shed by tumors in the blood stream.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 23 May 2024
• But the odds of all of them succeeding on their playing field of choice is high given their DNA.
  — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Due to heavy rain that fell earlier, police were unable to process the car for DNA.
  — cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
• Telomeres are caps found at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 19 June 2024
• But, for about seventy per cent of the victims, the experts needed DNA.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• The researchers confirmed the shrimp was a new species using DNA collected from its leg, according to the study.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• One hair on Waterman … comes back to his wife, or the DNA profiles are consistent.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Spinach also contains 45% of the daily need of folate, a B vitamin that helps form red blood cells and DNA.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• And would your father be expected to contribute his DNA to this process?
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• The crime lab processed several items from the bag for fingerprints and DNA, Wilson said.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
• The affidavit for the warrant to obtain his DNA claimed it was found near the body, which was untrue, a lie that Radner says might have kept it from the trial.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• So far, that effort has identified three men based on DNA extracted from the bones.
  — CBS News, 22 May 2024
• Blood samples collected at the scene matched Wheeler's DNA.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2024
• Ellison found members of the man’s family in Ohio and compared their DNA to the evidence.
  — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• The thing that Elizabeth spent her 20s and 30s struggling with has been baked into his DNA, which takes away any real character arc.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
• But perhaps no piece from the assortment contains as much Ramos DNA as an alpaca and wool-blend zebra-print overcoat.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
• Gamma rays contain a lot of energy and can damage human tissues and DNA.
  — Amy Lien, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
• Over time, damage to the DNA (genetic material) in skin cells accrues and can result in mutations (changes in the genes).
  — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
• The new species was identified by its coloring, wing patterns, body shape, appearance at different life stages and DNA, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• All of the schematics and photos that Albini was willingly putting out in the world, not caring whether anybody was gonna quote-unquote steal his sound — that was part of the DNA of our first few albums.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• The family is waiting for more information from a DNA test that could prove that Cortés targeted his victims more than a decade ago.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024