procreate
Example Sentences
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The “aspirational vision of masculinity” Mr. Galloway offers is old school, centered around reviving men’s capacity to protect, provide and procreate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
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 Borg and the changelings came to an agreement in which the changelings would be the Borg’s vehicle to carry out some villainous plan to help them procreate.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
There are only a few who really make it out and stay out, while the rest of us drink, procreate, and go to church, and that seems to be enough to keep us afloat.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.