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Noun
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So no therapy will work equally well, or even in the same manner, for both sexes.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025 -
Online dating sites provide an avenue for widows and widowers to meet eligible people of both sexes.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Paul, upon learning of their coitus, does not take it well.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Villanueva, his instincts honed by his decades of service as a lawman, intuits that the only way a human being can reasonably incur a rug burn is via high-friction hotel room coitus with a 250-pound man.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Menopausal declines in estrogen also may cause vaginal dryness, decreased libido and discomfort during intercourse.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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In particular, three symptoms—vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, and increased urinary tract infections, hot flashes, and sleep quality—often emerge as particularly severe for breast cancer patients.—
Chloe Castleberry,
Flow Space,
16 June 2025
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That’s why the first phase of the AI commerce wars has been defined less by mass adoption — and more by defensive moves to block competitors from building better agents.—
Jason Goldberg,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Aiken, senior vice president of commerce at Condé Nast Sleep Number mattresses are lauded for their adjustable nature, and the i8 is a smart bed that also happens to help keep you from overheating thanks to its ceramic gel layer.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This, after years of fearfully hiding his sexuality.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
10 Aug. 2025
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Granted, Linda Lee continued to present his sexuality in racial terms.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Aug. 2025
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