as in to reproduce
to bring forth offspring
the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
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Recent Examples of procreate
Van Winkle’s sign said that bombing for peace was the equivalent of procreating for virginity.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
All of the above borrow from long-standing rumors that Hitler procreated, but all are united in their ultimate condemnation of the führer.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
In the summer, mountain pine beetles emerge from the now-dead tree in which they were born and seek a new tree nearby to procreate and lay eggs.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Antillean iguanas the chance to meet and procreate in peace.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
All of the above borrow from long-standing rumors that Hitler procreated, but all are united in their ultimate condemnation of the führer.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
In the summer, mountain pine beetles emerge from the now-dead tree in which they were born and seek a new tree nearby to procreate and lay eggs.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Antillean iguanas the chance to meet and procreate in peace.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreate
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Errors, once embedded in data and processing, can propagate rapidly across thousands of decisions and become very hard to discover and remove effectively.—
Troy Holaday,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The garden maintains detailed records for individual plants, contributes climate-change monitoring data, shares plant material with researchers and propagates threatened species as a safeguard against extinction.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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