How to Use thermogenic in a Sentence
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Those that smell are thermogenic, meaning their spadixes generate heat that radiates their tell-tale smell through the air, attracting insects that crave rotting meat.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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Ginger is also thermogenic and diaphoretic.
—Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
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Unlike shivering, which produces heat through rapid muscle contractions, thermogenic leak relies on the mitochondria in muscle cells to release heat instead of producing ATP for contractions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, Tinsley and colleagues at Texas Tech published another study examining EHP Labs’ ready-to-drink thermogenic beverage, OxyShred Ultra Energy.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026
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Another process, thermogenic hydrogen formation, occurs in deep sedimentary basins when organic material decomposes under high temperatures, roughly 480 to 930 degrees Fahrenheit (250 to 500 degrees Celsius).
—Promise Longe, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
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