safe sex

noun

Definition of safe sexnext
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Recent Examples of safe sex Parents might also consider that their teen could be removing body hair in the hopes of impressing a crush, which is why this also could be an opening to talk about safe sex and reproductive health. — Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025 Volunteers target a basketball court in the community, where young men gather, and hand out a safe sex kit, which includes condoms. — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 Spears said one of the lockers is located at a coffee shop between two Catholic schools, targeting students who might not have safe sex supplies readily available to them. — Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025 Frustrated by the Reagan administration dragging its heels in addressing — or even naming — the epidemic, Byrd began using television as a platform to share information about safe sex practices and became a fixture at protests. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for safe sex
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safe sex
  1. relations
  2. copulation
  3. mating
  4. coitus
  5. intercourse
  6. commerce
  7. sexuality
Noun
  • Postwar intellectuals used psychoanalytic ideas in a variety of ways, including to discuss race relations and homosexuality.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rather, the pivotal transactions, graphed like the peaks and valleys of a volatile stock index, are the relations between men and women.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of relations
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  • More than likely, based on Golden State statutes, the eight years Weinstein received for the forcible oral copulation conviction will be reduced by a couple of years.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • After spending close to seven years in prison, Weinstein, 74, has still served less than half of his 16-year-sentence in California, where he was found guilty of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object against Jane Doe 1.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of copulation
Noun
  • Each group of lemurs (called a troop) has a core female group that dominates mating, territory, and resource distribution.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
  • Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is a genital cancer that dogs pass to one another during mating.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of mating
Noun
  • What this means for me, practically speaking, is that the director wants a close-up of my face as my character Joe is deep in dissociative reverie mid-coitus.
    — Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • When coitus occurs, it’s scored by unctuous music.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Definition of coitus
Noun
  • After intercourse, the teenager had snapped photos of her naked body on a futon as evidence.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • The two counts of rape Høiby was convicted of did not involve intercourse.
    — Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Definition of intercourse
Noun
  • In response, Masterson used his position as Senate president to strip Steffen of his membership on the Senate tax committee and remove him as vice chair of the Senate commerce committee.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • In just a few years, TikTok Shop went from an experimental social commerce platform to one of beauty’s most influential discovery engines and a fast-growing sales channel.
    — Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of commerce
Noun
  • After initially rejecting Jukebox’s sexuality and even harming her because of it, Marvin accepted his child’s sexuality and won her trust and love over seasons two and three.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The concerns around flowers’ gender and sexuality goes back really early in our botanical history.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
Definition of sexuality

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