as in womanizing
formal + disapproving
to have sexual intercourse
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The disease spreads in koala populations through reproduction and social behavior connected to mating.—
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The colony quickly descended into indiscriminate violence, stopped mating, and died out.—
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Gisin hopes that by fooling around with measurements of these more exotic states, physicists will come to better understand the role of measurement in general.—
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“Fornicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fornicating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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