as in womanizing
formal + disapproving
to have sexual intercourse
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Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.—
Borys Kit,
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The immortal residents of Mount Olympus—philandering Zeus and his cascading (sometimes circular) family tree—governed every aspect of human existence.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hamsters are territorial, and females frequently kick the male out after mating.—
Noel Kirkpatrick,
Treehugger,
20 Jan. 2026
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In the animal kingdom, mammals play dead so that a predator will lose interest in them; some female dragonflies do it to avoid mating.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Fornicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fornicating. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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