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sex

noun as in physical characteristics

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He issued an executive order on “gender ideology extremism” and said his administration would “recognize two sexes, male and female.”

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In that case, the court held that a law doesn’t discriminate as long as it applies equally to members of both sexes, he said.

One of the main political groups behind the withdrawal is Latvia First, whose leader Ainars Slesers has called on Latvians to choose between a "natural family" and a "gender ideology with multiple sexes".

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This isn’t news to us or to Murphy and Brennan, whose first “Monster” turn sustained criticism for sexing up Dahmer at the emotional expense of his victims’ surviving family members.

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Their results offer fresh insight into one of biology's most enduring questions: why do the sexes age at different rates?

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