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as in propagating
to bring forth offspring
mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do
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as in copying
to make an exact likeness of
you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom
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as in remembering
to bring back to mind
I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite
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Recent Examples of reproducing
Also like the natural world, the Tyranids are patient, slowly devouring the edges of the galaxy and reproducing in unthinkable numbers in the darkness of space.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Women’s free labor in the home subsidized the profits of employers because workers’ families bore the cost of reproducing the future labor force.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The Criterion Channel's Body Horror collection features macabre stories involving a woman and her tentacled creature lover (Possession), a woman self-reproducing odd children through rage (The Brood), and more disturbing visuals that will keep you up all night.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
However, the ad selects and splices certain lines from the five-minute address rather than playing the remarks in the order they were delivered or reproducing the speech in its entirety.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Regular vacuuming is an easy way to prevent carpet beetles from reproducing in your home.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
The difference with Minor Black Figures is Wyeth’s active role in reproducing the ideologies that hold him hostage.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Some were actively reproducing, with females found carrying eggs and males observed successfully mating.
—James T. Stroud, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Women’s free labor in the home subsidized the profits of employers because workers’ families bore the cost of reproducing the future labor force.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The Criterion Channel's Body Horror collection features macabre stories involving a woman and her tentacled creature lover (Possession), a woman self-reproducing odd children through rage (The Brood), and more disturbing visuals that will keep you up all night.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
However, the ad selects and splices certain lines from the five-minute address rather than playing the remarks in the order they were delivered or reproducing the speech in its entirety.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Regular vacuuming is an easy way to prevent carpet beetles from reproducing in your home.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
The difference with Minor Black Figures is Wyeth’s active role in reproducing the ideologies that hold him hostage.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Some were actively reproducing, with females found carrying eggs and males observed successfully mating.
—James T. Stroud, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproducing
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The two-day trial of ten people accused of sexist cyberbullying against France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron by propagating fake and malicious claims about her sexuality and gender began in Paris on Monday.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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The idea of waves propagating through a barrier has been around for a long time, since before the existence of quantum mechanics.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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Promoter sequences are short stretches of DNA that tell the cell’s copying machinery where a new protein starts.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bobbitt said the issue may have been with incorrectly copying and pasting numbers.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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With her second child, there were no pump parts to wash and no stress over storing milk or remembering to bring it home after a work day.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Not remembering was part of that experience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pasadena Humane staff emphasized the urgency of the rescue, noting that unseparated mice and hamsters can reproduce rapidly, quickly multiplying into dozens of animals in a short time.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Bellettini was previously Kering’s deputy CEO in charge of brand development and is best known for her long tenure leading Saint Laurent, multiplying the size of that business nearly sixfold.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some experts believe the total number of assets tied up in passive funds could be 2x higher because many active fund managers have started replicating passive fund strategies.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
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Fans got a glimpse of Jaafar in the role during the November 2025 teaser trailer, which showed the first footage of the young star replicating his uncle's iconic choreography.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the video, Chehata speaks directly to the camera, recalling how her attempt to start dating again—years after marrying young—triggered unexpected emotions.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Puig, recalling the pre-digital era’s five-to-seven weekly openers, said the programming job itself has become a stress test.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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Schwanz pointed out how the work goes back to breeding resilience—not just breeding crops that can do more with less or maximizing yield—but true resilience for everyone.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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Alpha Genesis’s red-meat pivot is emblematic of the desperate position in which the primate-breeding industry now finds itself.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tagliabue had insisted he be directly involved in all labor negotiations, basically rendering useless the Management Council of club executives that had handled such duties for nearly two decades.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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George Miller spent 40 years building the Mad Max universe, but holds little fear for technology that can recreate a version of his dystopian dust bowl within seconds of rendering a text prompt.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Reproducing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproducing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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