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have sex

VERB
copulate
Synonyms
STRONG
bed breed cohabit conjugate couple fornicate lay mate unite
WEAK
be carnal do it fool around go all the way go to bed have coition have relations lie with make it make love make out sleep together sleep with
Antonyms
STRONG
divide separate
WEAK
abstain refrain
VERB
sleep around
Synonyms
WEAK
fool around fornicate have sexual intercourse make love screw

Example Sentences

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U.S. passports did not have sex markers until the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

In the UK, there is a routine mpox vaccination programme already in place for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

WHO said all of the cases were men, and most self-identified as men who have sex with men.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

“We have sex education. We don’t have things about like online safety,” said Bao Le, a 18-year-old freshman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

He began making donations to worthy causes; he wouldn’t have sex, because he wasn’t married; he scorned profanity and pornography; and he attempted to follow the Ten Commandments in every detail.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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