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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
The power plant is mated to a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026 The engine comes mated to a 6-speed gearbox and is equipped with a slip and assist clutch. — New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026 After additional testing there, the vehicle will undergo a static fire test before being mated with the upper stage. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026 For the past eight years, that's when Jackie and Shadow have mated and begun reinforcing their longtime nest. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mated
Adjective
  • Prepare for the Update Case and Charger For AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, or AirPods Pro 3, put them in their charging case and place them near the paired iPhone.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • Three-times married, his was to be a literary career pock-marked by substance abuse issues leading to a peripatetic existence drifting from one august institution to another.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Making her Broadway debut, Louis-Dreyfus plays Polly Wyeth, a vodka-swilling, Goyard-toting, Republican matriarch—more Bush, less Boebert—married to Lyman (Harris), an action star turned right-wing pol.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And so in August, the house where George slept sold to Jeremy Young, a local realtor, concert promoter and Beatles fan.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • After hours of torture, Chamberlain managed to free one of her hands from a pair of handcuffs with her teeth, unclip a leather leg restraint and quietly bolt out the door as Evonitz slept.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Put pre-matched outfits on the same hanger.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Such seeming futility has bred disillusionment among some of the student body.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 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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“Mated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mated. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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