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heterosexual

[het-er-uh-sek-shoo-uhl, -seks-yoo-] / ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əl, -ˈsɛks ju- /
ADJECTIVE
attracted to opposite sex
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That meant LGBTQ+ and single people who historically had been shut out by definitions of infertility as a failure to conceive after six to 12 months of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

As recently as 2021, sociologist Ellen Lamont reviewed more than 100 studies on heterosexual dating and found traditional dating scripts still remained, with men still expected to make the first move.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

According to Pew, 88% of partnered bisexuals are in heterosexual relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

This kind of commiseration in the form of light, joking banter exists wherever heterosexual women gather.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

I am guilty about having so few of these: I know I am unorthodox, hopelessly heterosexual, a mother, quisling and secret wimp.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

And it’s not only heterosexuals among the estimated 44 million refugees around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025

In 2021, Australian biologist Brendan Zietsch and colleagues presented evidence that heterosexuals carrying same-sex-associated alleles have more sexual partners than those not carrying the variants.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

Last year the number of heterosexuals newly-diagnosed with HIV was higher than in gay and bisexual men in Scotland for the first time in 15 years, according to data from Public Health Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

While 69% of heterosexuals described their physical health as “good” or “excellent,” only half of their non-straight peers said the same.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

“Every night he introduced me with shining words to these walls of heterosexuals all over the world,” Anohni intoned, as a drummer in the park bashed away in the distance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023


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