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procreate

[proh-kree-eyt] / ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt /


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Courts across the country struggle with whether one person’s right to procreate outweighs another’s right to not become a parent against their will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

The pressure to procreate comes from so many directions I’m considering pitching a “Walking Dead” spinoff where the child free are the living and everyone else are zombies trying to turn us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2024

Wildlife biologists hope the bears would then procreate.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

When parthenogenesis happens, the egg cell in the female's body divides enough times it needs in order to create half the genes required to procreate.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2023

The most submissive, most appealing lambs were allowed to live longer and procreate.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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