procreates

present tense third-person singular of procreate
as in reproduces
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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Verb
  • Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • The former is a young plant company, which propagates seedlings and ships them off to be planted worldwide.
    Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Apparently, Nevada multiplies those in attendance by pi, given an in-house estimate of about 6,000 (announced was 19,473).
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Shareability multiplies your impressions without multiplying your budget.
    Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Procreates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreates. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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