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as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd
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as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread
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Recent Examples of intercourse
Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 June 2025
Until recently, most insurance companies followed the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s definition for fertility, which defined infertility as a condition in which heterosexual couples couldn’t conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The pair always took Ecstasy or MDMA beforehand, Ventura alleged, and Combs would direct Ventura and the male escort to perform erotic acts leading up to intercourse.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Watching each other can be wildly erotic and can speed up your arousal without the pressure of rushing to intercourse.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 May 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 June 2025
Until recently, most insurance companies followed the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s definition for fertility, which defined infertility as a condition in which heterosexual couples couldn’t conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The pair always took Ecstasy or MDMA beforehand, Ventura alleged, and Combs would direct Ventura and the male escort to perform erotic acts leading up to intercourse.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Watching each other can be wildly erotic and can speed up your arousal without the pressure of rushing to intercourse.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercourse
Noun
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Her interactions with Nam, the audience, and even her reaction to seeing actor Lee Byung-hun in the audience were so authentic and endearing.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Octopuses are highly intelligent and curious creatures, and their interactions with humans are often playful and exploratory.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The research highlights that identical brain circuits may underlie mating behaviors in both sexes, but operate through fundamentally different mechanisms depending on the hormonal state.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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An order Trump signed on Jan. 20, his first day back, proclaims that the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The American public should realize that the figures appearing in the chart’s left column represent a hodgepodge of factors that (while not all wholly irrelevant to global trade tensions) cannot be conveniently translated into a statistic that bears any relation to real-world tariff rates.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The White House has taken an optimistic tone on the outlook of trade and broader relations with Beijing in recent weeks.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Intercourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercourse. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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