as in breeding
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as in producing
to become the father of
the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners
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Noun
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Some of these sows are basically caged for the majority of their breeding life — years — and are about the size of a black bear.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026 -
In 2024, for instance, the company donated $100 million to Ducks Unlimited to protect wildfowl breeding habitats in the North American prairies.—
Thad Moore,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For the past year, public concern over immigration operations in Austin has kept residents on edge, producing recurring rumors of ICE enforcement surges and sparking ample protests.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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But the shift away from traditional filmmaking started before the streaming giant began to eat the grand old studios’ lunch by producing its own films and shows in the 2010s.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each summer, 50 million salmon pass through the bay on spawning runs up nine major river systems.—
Kim Cross,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The spawning season extends from late February or early March to August or early September, varying slightly in length from year to year.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Delivering bad news In 2001, Jesse faced a scandal for having an affair that resulted in him fathering a child.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Crowe believes that Maximus fathering a son with a woman other than his wife tarnishes his character's legacy, as the gladiator's primary motivation in the original film is to avenge the deaths of his wife and son.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Trump drops f-bombs, and others are following suit Some lawmakers are worried because the most offensive language about procreation and defecation has emerged from the shadows and into everyday discourse.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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Running gags include Moses’ age, certain players’ penchant for forgetfulness and star receiver Stefon Diggs’ proclivity for procreation.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Both cases were fodder for a media firestorm, begetting nightly news specials and full-length documentaries.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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The discovery, age five, that some people did not live in communities with all goods in common—that in fact for most, home was a locked building full of private property—begat questions still begetting questions at age thirteen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Vexingly, the war with Iran is reproducing in macrocosm what those wars taught in microcosm.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Post-Soviet, Anthropocene, and post-independence frameworks can be overdetermined by these same spatial and political logics, translating them into periodizations that claim to mark historical breaks while reproducing their underlying assumptions.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Siring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siring. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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