Thesaurus results for PROCREATING

procreating

verb

present participle of procreate

as in reproducing

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 procreating Van Winkle’s sign said that bombing for peace was the equivalent of procreating for virginity. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026 Many took issue with the underlying assumption that the people who ought to be procreating are heterosexual, married couples and that conception is usually possible without the help of IVF. — Emma Kennedy, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025 Larkin, a proto-punk, poked fun at the way humans, just by procreating, pass their worst traits to their children and beyond, through infinity. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

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Without a constant flow of fresh human insight, synthetic models risk becoming increasingly sophisticated at reproducing what is already known.

— Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
To avoid reproducing a rentier economy dependent on transit fees and foreign concessions, the Syrian state must reinvest project revenues in local economies.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

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Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026

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These factors, including varying breeds, make the old wives tale of multiplying a dog's age by seven inaccurate.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Paxlovid — a combination of the drugs nirmatrelvir and ritonavir — works by stopping the virus that causes Covid from multiplying.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of multiplying

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Researchers describe the approach as integrating biotechnology and AI to make crop breeding more efficient and less dependent on intensive manual work.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
The quest for 500 million flies The only way the US has succeeded in eradicating screwworm is by breeding millions of flies, sterilizing them using radiation and dropping them in areas with infestations.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

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