as in slept
to engage in sexual intercourse
cats conceive almost every time they mate
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Recent Examples of mated
Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
The 2019 parade saw the PLA unveil weapons including a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, a medium-range ballistic missile mated with a hypersonic glide vehicle, and its first undersea drone.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Once male and female periodical cicadas have mated and the latter has laid its eggs, the insects die after spending only three to six weeks above ground, as previously reported by USA TODAY.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Power is made by a twin-turbo V-8 making 478 horsepower, mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
The engine is mated to a six-speed transmission, which transfers all of that power to the wheels, plus both traction control and a quickshifter are included, which make life easier.
—New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
The 2019 parade saw the PLA unveil weapons including a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, a medium-range ballistic missile mated with a hypersonic glide vehicle, and its first undersea drone.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Once male and female periodical cicadas have mated and the latter has laid its eggs, the insects die after spending only three to six weeks above ground, as previously reported by USA TODAY.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Power is made by a twin-turbo V-8 making 478 horsepower, mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mated
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Friedman slept three hours the night before, in preparation for the unveiling of his biggest feat yet.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Feel like Bryson Tiller is being slept on and will be a factor by the end of the year.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The film portrays a married couple balancing their dreams of becoming full-time artists with a desire to have children, only to get a surreal opportunity to do both by winning a supermarket game show.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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As part of her ruling, Kreuziger barred McQueen, 59, from saying Lawrence Kenyon poisoned or attempted to poison her while they were married.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Labradors are often more energetic and bred for hunting, retrieving, and service work, whereas goldens are prized for their patience, friendliness, and trainability.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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That is to say, more chickens are bred and butchered each year than there are alive at this very moment in time.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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“Mated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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