as in to reproduce
to bring forth offspring
the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
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Recent Examples of procreate
More bluntly: what if my body made the choice of whether to procreate or not for me?
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Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that male prisoners do not have a constitutional right to procreate by means of artificial insemination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Here are a few pros and cons of making the decision not to procreate and raise a child.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that male prisoners do not have a constitutional right to procreate by means of artificial insemination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Here are a few pros and cons of making the decision not to procreate and raise a child.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for procreate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreate
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Although certain species live for over 30 years, bats reproduce slowly – typically one pup per year.—
Anna Tunkova,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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An imbalance can cause brain cells to malfunction, losing their ability to manage ion concentrations across their membranes and propagate action potentials.—
Dan Samorodnitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
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Try your hand at propagating roses by taking cuttings.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Aug. 2025
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This bacteria was found to be multiplying in, guess what, the cooling tower of the hotel’s air conditioning system.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Lawn signs promoting candidates seemed to multiply overnight ahead of Election Day in Detroit as mayoral hopefuls made their last-minute attempts to lure voters to the polls to support them as the race was narrowed from nine candidates to two.—
Aurora Sousanis,
Freep.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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