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Recent Examples of procreation
Mortality threatens to render the achievements of our life as transitory, and this threat is removed by procreation.
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Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
While their numbers grew, eventually reaching as many as 4,000 (despite their views on procreation), the Shakers found no shortage of detractors in revolutionary America.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Fastvold draws a natural line between the deaths of Ann’s children and her understandable desire to avoid procreation altogether, while also taking her often alienating religious views seriously.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
The Catholic Church opposes artificial contraception because its goal is to block procreation.
—Emma Kennedy, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The pronatalist perspective generally supports government intervention to encourage procreation and is rooted in a belief that modern culture has failed to celebrate the nuclear family.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Legislators have cautioned that procreation between cousins can increase the chance of birth defects.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Fulfill a procreation contract with a handsome member of the ruling class or join a magnetically attractive outcast in a brewing rebellion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
SpaceX, however, has continued apace with its Mars projects, which, the Times reported last year, may now involve designing Martian homes and exploring the potential for procreation there.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
While their numbers grew, eventually reaching as many as 4,000 (despite their views on procreation), the Shakers found no shortage of detractors in revolutionary America.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
Fastvold draws a natural line between the deaths of Ann’s children and her understandable desire to avoid procreation altogether, while also taking her often alienating religious views seriously.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
The Catholic Church opposes artificial contraception because its goal is to block procreation.
—Emma Kennedy, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The pronatalist perspective generally supports government intervention to encourage procreation and is rooted in a belief that modern culture has failed to celebrate the nuclear family.
—Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Legislators have cautioned that procreation between cousins can increase the chance of birth defects.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Fulfill a procreation contract with a handsome member of the ruling class or join a magnetically attractive outcast in a brewing rebellion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
SpaceX, however, has continued apace with its Mars projects, which, the Times reported last year, may now involve designing Martian homes and exploring the potential for procreation there.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreation
Noun
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Mountain lions need wide ranges to hunt, usually for deer, and for males to find unrelated females for breeding.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 2019, Canada passed the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, effectively ending the trade, possession, capture and breeding of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After the spawning season, the bass will be returned to Gomez to be released a third time into Lake Alan Henry.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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Sturgeon management The sturgeon population has increased in the past 20 years due to rearing and stocking efforts, research and protection of spawning adults, according to the DNR.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Procreation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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