sex

It influences the sex balance of a clutch of eggs: cooler than average temperatures result primarily in males, warmer than average in females, and normal temperatures in a clutch roughly split between the two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ms. Parish gives a memorable performance, as does Mitchell Robertson as Eddie, her new partner and investigative genius—a traitor to his sex, since he goes out on night patrols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Last week, the Bulwark reported that one of his campaign ads featured Ramaswamy meeting with a registered sex offender.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Killers and serious sex offenders detained in hospital are among the criminals who will no longer receive benefits under proposals called for by victims' families.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

On a recent weekday afternoon, the galleries of “The Horror Show” were packed with visitors of all ages, sexes and races—precisely the dream scenario this institution has long sought but rarely achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The results suggest a similar association in men and women, without a statistically significant difference between the sexes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

One counterintuitive finding is that countries with greater equality between the sexes tend to have higher fertility rates, which might explain in part why the U.S. runs ahead of many of its regional counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The international master title, open to both sexes, ranks higher than Sivanandan's current accolades - the woman grandmaster and woman international master titles.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

They didn’t know the names of the boys, because the two sexes were kept apart for most of the time.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

The space and resources dedicated to roosters at animal sanctuaries are often devoted to backyard chickens that were improperly sexed.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023

"Lyra is coping well with first-time motherhood and the pup, who's yet to be sexed, also appears healthy and alert," Mr Brown said.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2022

Last year, a paper published in Scientific Reports showed that, contrary to prior understanding, softshell turtles possess sex chromosomes, which means that they can be sexed using DNA analysis.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 24, 2018

A series of swift, scientific maneuvers followed: The researchers measured, sexed and appraised the animal.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2017

Individuals smaller than 100 mm. ordinarily could not be sexed accurately and are shown as open bars.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

Late last year, the group announced three finalists in a multimillion dollar prize to develop in-ovo sexing technology that is highly accurate and can be used at a commercial scale.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

The process is called in-ovo sexing, and such technologies, versions of which are already deployed in some countries, can obviate the need for live chick culling.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2021

That might in part be because of more accurate ways of sexing skeletons.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2018

Turtle sexing is key for research purposes, and also for conservationists who are trying to pair mates.

From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2017

Having discussed with my neighbour in the country the difficulty of sexing her ducklings, I now know, as Donne surely did, that sexing can be far from straightforward.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton