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breeding

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verb

present participle of breed
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as in sleeping
to engage in sexual intercourse cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of breeding
Noun
Officials said 45 nailtail wallabies were reintroduced to the park in June 2024, with breeding taking place shortly after. Lauren Liebhaber september 4, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 Nat Hab will secure permits to look for pandas in the wild, remote reserves, while also taking travelers to panda-research centers and breeding sites for an education on conservation efforts, research and rehabilitations. Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Yet in many traditional agency-client models, too much happens behind closed doors, breeding distance rather than confidence. Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The effects of light pollution on singing patterns was also most notable during breeding seasons. New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breeding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding
Noun
  • The Studio, of course, comes from a lineage of showbiz comedies that asked celebrities to play themselves.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As her estranged father feeds the fetus victims to ensure its birth, the couple is forced to confront a terrifying legacy of betrayal, twisted faith, and demonic lineage.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bibler is being charged with eight counts of possessing child pornography and eight counts of reproducing child pornography involving a victim under 13, officials said.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The talents are seen posing in a public bathroom with red and black tiles, reproducing the set of Michele’s sophomore Valentino ready-to-wear show, staged in a giant public toilet bathed in red light.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since 1995, when Trevor’s twins Joshua and Samuel died in England, the Marlborough father has dedicated his life to raising funds to donate to special care baby units throughout the country.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This enclosed back segment of the property could work for raising chickens and other small farm animals —away from the main house.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Officials are now working on drafting new rules and licensing regulations that would change that, creating a new type of marijuana business allowed in the city after voters legalized recreational marijuana statewide in 2022.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Millions will die, but society will finally get serious about creating adequate fail-safes for this new technology.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of my clearest memories from the early 1970s is visiting relatives and sleeping on a pull-out couch in their library.
    Literary Hub September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Mafi found the medium-firm mattress to be comfortable and supportive not only for sleeping, but when sitting near the head of the bed to read as well.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Soak bare-root hostas in warm water for 30 minutes to an hour before planting to help revive the roots and absorb moisture.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Through Let’s Grow Local, a tree-planting initiative from MadTree, the zoo is helping to expand the urban tree canopy across Cincinnati.
    Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unfortunately, many of the lions bore only partial genetic markers of Barbary ancestry.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Safe Black SpaceSafe Black Space is the umbrella under which various services are offered to address people of African ancestry’s individual and community reactions to cultural and racial trauma.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Ask how your system updates its models, handles evolving processes and prevents mistakes from propagating.
    Karpagam Narayanan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Breeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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