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male

[meyl] / meɪl /
ADJECTIVE
masculine, manly
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Their tombs contained objects more commonly associated with male burials, including bows and arrows.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

“You see each other as human and not just as red or blue or Black or White, male or female.”

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

At that point, when female social relationships become exponentially more complicated and masking becomes more difficult, their mental health outcomes split sharply from those of their male peers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The adult male is from the Glaslyn nest near Porthmadog, and hatched in 2022.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

They worked as hard as their male counterparts, and they were able to outfly all the other Po-2 bomber regiments for sheer numbers in their nightly missions.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The findings, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, provide further evidence that diseases can develop and appear differently in males and females.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

In another spot of good news, firefighters Thursday rescued from the heart of the fire zone a black grouse -- an endangered species, with only 14 males and four or five females remaining in Belgium.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

“When the males interact with each other, you hear the thump thump thump of their paws.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

They’re also huge — females can exceed 800 pounds and males 1,500 or more — with pointy horns and protective instincts, especially around the young.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

By now I could tell the males and females apart, and this was a female.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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