sex
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County officials said they weren’t able to identify the raptor and that even confirming the sex of a bald eagle is no easy feat, given they have no external genitalia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Notably, the show didn’t hook viewers with sex or other salacious material but, rather, plausible portrayals of greed and motivating vindictiveness.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
No girl should be forced to change in front of a boy or share such intimate spaces with the opposite sex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The researchers compared 38 people with severe aortic stenosis with 38 control participants matched for factors including age, sex, and major medical conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Benue was a kindly, solitary man, one of those rare people whose daemon was the same sex as himself.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
No one disputes that there are physical differences between the sexes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
That affects both sexes, he added, but said there were "particular issues for boys".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Average body mass index for both sexes also fell within the overweight to obese range.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Every war, every battle of the sexes, every disagreement, all produce new casualties in a big, cosmic contest we’re all forced to participate in.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
It was being circumambulated by thousands upon thousands of praying pilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, and race in the world.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Last year, a paper published in Scientific Reports showed that, contrary to prior understanding, softshell turtles possess sex chromosomes, which means that they can be sexed using DNA analysis.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 24, 2018
A series of swift, scientific maneuvers followed: The researchers measured, sexed and appraised the animal.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
As for your second question, this really tripped me up early in my self-discovery process: “What does it mean to say I am a man, if my body is biologically sexed female?”
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2016
Bulge on their beaks The two swans have been identified as male birds by the bulge on their beaks, and all of the swans are tagged and sexed at birth.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2010
So, at the Croc Bank, after crocs grow to a certain length they are sexed and markings are made on their scales.
From Free from School by Alvares, Rahul
Several European countries use the technology, known as in-ovo sexing, which can determine the sex of a chick before it hatches.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Short of that, though, other non-invasive egg sexing technologies have also been developed in Europe.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2021
That might in part be because of more accurate ways of sexing skeletons.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2018
Turtle sexing is key for research purposes, and also for conservationists who are trying to pair mates.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2017
Having discussed with my neighbour in the country the difficulty of sexing her ducklings, I now know, as Donne surely did, that sexing can be far from straightforward.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
