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gender

[jen-der] / ˈdʒɛn dər /
NOUN
grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness
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For masculinizing gender reassignment, it was 21.16% of patients before and 54.5% after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Hamza Imtiaz, an engineer at semiconductor design firm Semidynamics, acknowledged some awkwardness when it came to anchoring someone from the opposite gender but none when helping hoist the boss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“The Freshening,” about a government-assisted drug that has everyone seeing their own race and gender, has already been optioned by Ali Wong and Adam McKay, from writer-director Cathy Yan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Alzheimer’s doesn’t affect men and women the same, progressing differently by gender, which could lead to differences in clinical care.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

In his first month in office, Barack signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which helped protect workers from wage discrimination based on factors like gender, race, or age.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama



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