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a person's desire to have sex
They have healthy libidos.
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Recent Examples of libido
Testosterone affects libido and energy but is rarely the sole cause of erectile dysfunction.
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The approval came after a lobbying campaign by the company and its supporters, Even the Score, which framed the lack of options for female libido as a women’s rights issue.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Stress can influence hormone regulation, libido and ovulation.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
So too does Ostan who navigates Lucija’s emerging libido with a wide-eyed innocence on the tipping point of something revelatory and even ethereal.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
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Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The approval came after a lobbying campaign by the company and its supporters, Even the Score, which framed the lack of options for female libido as a women’s rights issue.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
Stress can influence hormone regulation, libido and ovulation.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
So too does Ostan who navigates Lucija’s emerging libido with a wide-eyed innocence on the tipping point of something revelatory and even ethereal.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for libido
Noun
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Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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For the launch colorway, a vivid graphic may initially bring to mind heat maps with its application of blue, green, yellow and red — but the choice was actually made to invoke a temporal fold, a theoretical concept of bending spacetime to move faster than the speed of light.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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My time in public service has been defined by that same desire to make state government work for working people.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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People have the desire to evolve together, and get past the minor annoyances of a Gemini being too flighty for an intense Scorpio or a Leo’s dramatics overshadowing Taurus’s kindness.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Libido.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libido. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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