glyphosate
noun
glyph·o·sate
ˈgli-fə-ˌsāt 
ˈglī-
: a systemic organophosphate herbicide C3H8NO5P used to control herbaceous and woody weeds especially on croplands
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Some farmers and Republicans are worried about what this report might say about glyphosate, the ingredient commonly used in pesticides sprayed on crops.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
But the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, doesn’t want to further regulate glyphosate.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
But even the best of them all, glyphosate sprays used at its top rate of application and applied in late spring/early summer when bamboo is growing most vigorously won’t give total control.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Of course, if the Supreme Court rejects Bayer’s appeal, the company will have to rely on other approaches, for example separating its glyphosate business.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
But the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, doesn’t want to further regulate glyphosate.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
But even the best of them all, glyphosate sprays used at its top rate of application and applied in late spring/early summer when bamboo is growing most vigorously won’t give total control.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Of course, if the Supreme Court rejects Bayer’s appeal, the company will have to rely on other approaches, for example separating its glyphosate business.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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“Glyphosate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glyphosate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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