as in reproduced
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 procreated
All of the above borrow from long-standing rumors that Hitler procreated, but all are united in their ultimate condemnation of the führer.
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Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreated
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The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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For example, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, alleging that the companies used the outlet’s journalism to train their AI systems, which then went on to generate outputs that have competed with or reproduced New York Times articles.—
Daryl Lim,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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By the time a human intervenes, the narrative has already propagated, indexed by search engines, embedded in datasets, and echoed across platforms.—
Wyles Daniel
May 19,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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That means the tree is protected by a federal plant patent and can't be propagated at home.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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The stock has multiplied almost ninefold since the end of 2022, when ChatGPT kicked off the generative AI boom.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Modern monocultures were bred for a stable climate that no longer exists.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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Since winning the initial start of his career by 5 ¾ lengths at Oaklawn Park, big things were expected from this Kentucky-bred.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Procreated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreated. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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