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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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South Korea banned the breeding and possession of the bears last year, along with the extraction of bile from their gallbladders.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

None showed signs of attempting to return to the breeding facility where they had lived.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

A new study suggests that saltwater crocodiles born or raised in captivity may not try to return to their breeding centers once they are released into the wild.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The lack of clear rules and norms is breeding distrust among co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Second, many species that live in herds for part of the year are territorial in the breeding season, when they fight and do not tolerate each other’s presence.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Louise Leatherdale, owner and co-founder of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minn., which is considered among the best breeders of dressage horses, said she might charge as little as $2,000 for two breedings.

From New York Times May 4, 2018

From there, he landed a job selling stallion breedings for the famed Walmac Farm.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2015

In his new home, Yankee Gentleman quickly jumped from about 30 breedings to 94, at $5,000 per time.

From Time Apr. 28, 2010

If her breedings, her bitterness of spirit manifested themselves, it was in a fixed undertone of pessimism and in an occasional outburst of recklessness that bewildered her brother.

From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach

Why, then, these foreign thoughts of state-employments, Abhorrent to your function and your breedings?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott




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