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mated

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verb

past tense of mate
as in slept
to engage in sexual intercourse cats conceive almost every time they mate

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Recent Examples of mated
Adjective
The family group also contained four other adult wolves, which might have been brothers and sisters, parents, or even grandparents of the mated pair. Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026 Packs may consist of a mated pair and sometimes few young pups. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026 Considered to be among the most intelligent of birds, with a level of awareness that seems eerily human, the members of a mated pair of ravens stay together at all seasons, foraging cooperatively and even engaging in active play. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Properties that are located within 200 meters of where the Medfly infestation was found will be treated with Spinosad, which is made from bacteria that occurs naturally in the soil, to reduce the population density by killing mated females, officials added. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
That engine is mated to a 4-speed semi-automatic transmission and a centrifugal clutch (also like Honda's), topping out at 43 mph (70 km/h). New Atlas, 9 July 2026 That mill is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 26 June 2026 Pegasus was mated in mid-June to the Stargazer aircraft, which will transport it from the Wallops facility to the Marshall Islands ahead of the launch, NASA said in a press release. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 June 2026 The sight of the pair mated together suggested that the 20th century’s progress would never end. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 They will then be mated with the core stage, built by Boeing, which arrived earlier this year to Florida. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026 The vaginal pH of female olive baboons decreases, threatening sperm, after a female has mated with a genetically similar male. Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 The vertical launch horizontal landing spaceplane will be mated to a launch vehicle and will not be encapsulated in the launch vehicle fairings. Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 The replies to her post are full of comments pointing out that Pocahontas was an actual historical figure, while Helen, according to Eurepides’s version of the story, was born after the god Zeus assumed the form of a swan and mated with a human woman. Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mated
Adjective
  • The couple married in Hanoi and lived together for nine years before she and Shimizu were separated.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The petition further states that Chase was never married, had no children and was survived by her mother, Cathy, and her father John Schwallier.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Wardlaw, a homeless man who prosecutors said frequently slept on the Greenbelt and believed people on scooters were after him, was held in custody without bond.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis Updated July 13, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • Irving may have been influenced by German folktales about a man who slept for 20 years, or European stories of terrifying headless riders, but these stories were set in rural New York state, with a distinctly American voice and references.
    Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • Put pre-matched outfits on the same hanger.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The animal, fizzing with the inexhaustible energy of a creature bred for hauling chockablock toboggans, was confined to a tiny pen, a mere twenty feet square, behind the neighbor’s trailer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • One of the wolves also showed unusually low genetic diversity, something often associated with small, isolated populations or animals that may have been selectively bred.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Adjective
  • Composed at Rose’s prompting and anticipating Flanagan’s extraordinary Pain Journal, the volume is so direct in its account of the couple’s conjugal life that the Indian authorities tossed its original print run into the ocean before the books could ship from Chennai to New York.
    Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.
    EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025

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