as in type
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed
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as in to raise
to bring to maturity through care and education
he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain
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as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment
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as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes
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Recent Examples of breed
Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Paul pursues a return to the PLL as a goalie but quickly learns why lacrosse goalies are a different breed.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 May 2025
The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
With captive breeding — a process in which endangered species are bred in captivity and released back into the wild — underway since 1996, the authors hope their new findings may help inform future conservation efforts, such as identifying areas where they can be released.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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Noun
Thick and double-coated breeds, like Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and Huskies, need a bath anywhere from every 6 weeks to 3 months.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Paul pursues a return to the PLL as a goalie but quickly learns why lacrosse goalies are a different breed.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Verb
Leave behind the screaming and belittling behaviors that breed unsafe environments for students.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
With captive breeding — a process in which endangered species are bred in captivity and released back into the wild — underway since 1996, the authors hope their new findings may help inform future conservation efforts, such as identifying areas where they can be released.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breed
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As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.—
Karrigan Börk,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 May 2025
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Now 10 and 8 years old, respectively, Hilty and Gallagher are raising their children in New York City.—
Marissa G. Muller,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Rodriguez has been charged by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with the murder of foreign officials, causing death through the use of a firearm and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, the district attorney's office said.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Over the multi-day event, tornadoes touched down in Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia, and Oklahoma and caused over 20 fatalities.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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Another picture showed the couple's son gazing down at his sleeping baby sister, and the next snap showed Louie looking away and making a funny face.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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His parents went to sleep that night believing their son would soon be in Florida, and play a practice round that next day.—
Mac Engel
May 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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Cena seems to be planting the seeds for his face turn.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Simple acts of letting clover grow in the lawn, planting native flowers, shrubs or trees can make a big impact for insects.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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While a return to European competition of any kind would be something to heartily celebrate, playing in the third-tier Conference League’s qualifying rounds would somehow still feel like scant reward for a season that promised even more for so long.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The new program at La Jolla High is believed to be the first of its kind in SDUSD’s La Jolla Cluster of schools.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
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This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Furthermore, the axial compression in the columns is likely to result in shear cracks that are more closely aligned with the column axis, allowing the cracks to intercept some transverse reinforcement before propagating through the section.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Also unique to its program, the AI Workshop offers what every parent needs today, such as guidelines and best practices for integrating AI technology as well as an entire lesson dedicated to the importance of fostering creativity.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The ostensible target of the purge are books fostering an ideology of racial preference or DEI, but the relation of this endeavor to national defense is, to say the least, tenuous.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
21 May 2025
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“Breed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breed. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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