as in to cultivate
to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans
Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend.
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Recent Examples of domesticate
While the dramedy has some smart, if overwritten, dialogue and traces of worthwhile commentary, fans of Tropper’s work on Banshee and Warrior are likely to find this a somewhat flat and domesticated version of his voice.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Although the big cats are protected in the state, Oklahomans can legally kill them to protect themselves or domesticated animals.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
The opera is too domesticated, earthbound, and companionable to convey that extreme bleakness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
During this time, mammoths were still grazing the northern steppes and sheep would not be domesticated for another 5,000 years or so.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Although the big cats are protected in the state, Oklahomans can legally kill them to protect themselves or domesticated animals.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
The opera is too domesticated, earthbound, and companionable to convey that extreme bleakness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
During this time, mammoths were still grazing the northern steppes and sheep would not be domesticated for another 5,000 years or so.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domesticate
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Their neighbors were literate, cultivated, liberal in their politics.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 May 2025
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The sun enters Gemini, cultivating a month of optimism and cattiness.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
16 May 2025
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Similar to calling 911, people looking for mental or emotional health support can call 988, with the further option of being directed to a counselor trained in LGBTQ+ youth support.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Getty Images British businesses are warning the U.K. government that plans to tighten immigration rules on foreign workers — and to instead train and recruit more British personnel — will lead to labor shortages in key sectors.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
14 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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Berry was 14 when a classmate used an AI app to attach a nude body to an Instagram photo of her face, before circulating it on social media.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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These jangly contradictions, presented as truths, are designed to rattle and rewire our brains; just think how easily a corrupt authoritarian leader could put them to use, and how readily a not-thinking public could fall right in line.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
20 May 2025
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By utilizing this, managers can reevaluate the expenditure in relation to current priorities, determine whether existing resources can be repurposed and prevent reactive decisions.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The technical restoration process utilized the original camera and sound negatives as primary source elements, with work completed at the specialized facility L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Bitcoin touched a record high above $111,000, and oil prices slid after Bloomberg said oil producing member countries, or OPEC+, are discussing a potential third consecutive oil production surge in July, with an output hike of 411,000 barrels a day among the options under consideration.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García produce under their banner El Deseo, Xavi Font and Laxe for Filmes Da Ermida, Oriol Maymó for Uri Films, Mani Mortazavi and Andrea Queralt for 4A4 Productions, and Domingo Corral for Movistar Plus+.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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The disgraced zookeeper — who bred and kept tigers, lions and other animals at his G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma — was also charged with other crimes, including killing tigers to make way for more big cats at his park.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The study analyzed starlings from central Kenya that breed twice a year, during rainy seasons.—
Jay Kakade
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2025
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All three were still actively growing, Ramsay said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The company has steadily built a growing business in cryptocurrencies.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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“Domesticate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domesticate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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