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
The government attributes the reversal to a shift in perceptions surrounding family institutions among people of procreating age.
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025
More bluntly: what if my body made the choice of whether to procreate or not for me?
—Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
This is what is best: men, women, having a family, having babies, procreating.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025
More bluntly: what if my body made the choice of whether to procreate or not for me?
—Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
This is what is best: men, women, having a family, having babies, procreating.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Still cannot reproduce the issue.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Such a blatant falsehood making it to the press conference betrays the fact that there is no limit to how false something has to be in order for this administration to resist propagating it.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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Patel, a podcaster who once called for the release of the files and helped propagate conspiracy theories about why they weren’t being made public, testified just days before Acosta is set to finally tell his side of the story before a congressional committee.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 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,
28 Sep. 2025
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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,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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