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noun

as in breeding

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verb

present participle of sire
as in producing
to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siring
  1. breeding
  2. producing
  3. spawning
  4. fathering
  5. procreation
  6. begetting
  7. reproducing
Noun
  • Ecological mitigation Alongside the fishway, a breeding program at the plant has released nearly 2 million fish into the wild to stabilize populations, which officials report remain steady.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of breeding
Verb
  • Both players played well, Romero shackling Jude Bellingham for much of the evening, Spence producing a famous recovery tackle on Giuliano Simeone when England were 1-0 up.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This heat drives the park’s geysers and hot springs while producing frequent earthquakes and gradual changes in the ground.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of producing
Noun
  • Chesapeake Bay tributaries are important spawning areas, producing between 70% and 90% of the coastwide population of striped bass.
    — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Thankfully, the flick was a huge hit, thanks to Tobey Maguire's excellent performance, Raimi's genius for vertiginous action, and Willem Dafoe's meme-spawning performance as Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026
Definition of spawning
Verb
  • There is a quiet revolution going on in America, and definitely in Atlanta, in how contemporary men are fathering.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
  • Shi was also alleged to have committed criminal offenses and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account at that time.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Definition of fathering
Noun
  • For those not familiar with the term, anti-natalism is a philosophical stance that views life as unacceptably full of suffering and procreation as a morally indefensible thing.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 2026
  • Sex makes its way into the story, first, from the mother’s perspective, as something to be avoided, and then as something that has to lead to procreation—and soon.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Definition of procreation
Verb
  • To remain an entertainment capital demands consistent reinvention, the showroom’s neon glow begetting the nightclub’s flashing LEDs and so on and so forth.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
  • War begetting still more war, like some deranged biblical prophecy.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
Definition of begetting
Verb
  • While many inland striper fisheries are managed via annual stocking of fingerlings, Texoma stands out because its stripers are reproducing naturally.
    — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The sargassum that began reproducing in the region earlier than usual this year stems from a record 40 million metric tons reported last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of reproducing
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