as in intercourse
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
the students learned about the mechanics of sex and reproduction in health class
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Recent Examples of sex
This includes plastic surgery, weight-loss drugs and cures for baldness (a condition suffered by members of both sexes).
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In an executive order signed during his first hours back in office, Trump proclaimed that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Trump also signed on his first day back in office an order declaring that the government recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Lucas, a critic of diversity and inclusion programs and proponent of the idea that there are only two immutable sexes, repeatedly declared that the commission is not independent and vowed to enthusiastically follow Trump's executive orders.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In an executive order signed during his first hours back in office, Trump proclaimed that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Trump also signed on his first day back in office an order declaring that the government recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Lucas, a critic of diversity and inclusion programs and proponent of the idea that there are only two immutable sexes, repeatedly declared that the commission is not independent and vowed to enthusiastically follow Trump's executive orders.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sex
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Until recently, most insurance companies followed the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s definition for fertility, which defined infertility as a condition in which heterosexual couples couldn’t conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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The pair always took Ecstasy or MDMA beforehand, Ventura alleged, and Combs would direct Ventura and the male escort to perform erotic acts leading up to intercourse.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
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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
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The late twenties also saw the onset in America of the Great Depression, and, at least as far as entertainment is concerned, many scholars link displays of sexuality and queerness in films in the late 1920s and early 1930s to a larger crisis in masculinity.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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More than 270 photographs show expressions of gender and sexuality across two centuries.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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“Sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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