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copulated

verb

past tense of copulate

as in slept

to engage in sexual intercourse the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate

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Recent Examples of copulated Prosecutors said O’Connor tied up her arms, restrained her and then raped and orally copulated her. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026

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What if people ate, slept, worked, read, and entertained among the art?

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
In one small study, office workers with windows got far more daytime light than colleagues without them and slept the better part of an hour longer at night.

— Randy J. Nelson, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026

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