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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreating
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Despite religious and phenotypic differences, people around the western Mediterranean Sea have been interacting, trading, warring, migrating, and reproducing together for centuries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Vexingly, the war with Iran is reproducing in macrocosm what those wars taught in microcosm.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Here are two simple methods for propagating ZZ plants.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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The same goes for propagating cactus pups and leaf or stem cuttings.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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The coffee shops are multiplying like chlamydia.—
Dominic Green,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The View's revolving door of guest cohosts keeps multiplying — for better or worse — in Alyssa Farah Griffin's absence.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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According to the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, only the breeding pair in a coyote pack is allowed to reproduce.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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The facility will remain open and can continue breeding dogs for its own internal research.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Procreating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreating. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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