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sexuality

[sek-shoo-al-i-tee, seks-yoo-] / ˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti, ˌsɛks ju- /
NOUN
sexual drive or interest
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In one case, a man didn't raise his sexuality until nine years after his original claim.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Young people live in an identity-driven culture, defining themselves by their gender, race, sexuality, politics and mental health, Coleman says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

There were “many efforts at that time to define a so-called Christian moral politics around what they call family values, personal responsibility, what they defined as appropriate expression of sexuality and patriotism,” Drake said.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

He also privately approached Neil Patrick Harris to apologize for aggressively trying to out him as a gay man in 2006, before the actor had spoken about his sexuality publicly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Our eating habits, our conflicts and our sexuality are all the result of the way our hunter-gatherer minds interact with our current post-industrial environment, with its mega-cities, aeroplanes, telephones and computers.

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

Oppenheimer acknowledges that Blume’s characters may not be diverse enough by today’s standards; that they don’t usually discuss “gender identities or sexualities; children of multiracial backgrounds; children who have disabilities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

If Americans have learned anything from the past few years, rational, unhinged, unethical, and deceitful are characteristics that come in all ethnicities, genders, and sexualities.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2024

The individuals interviewed for the study represented a broad range of education levels, occupations, sexualities, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2023

Viewers have grown attached to characters as they discover their sexualities and gender identities, while the show's also raised awareness of little-known conditions.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023

Moreover, a man counts no more than a woman in their sum total of daily pleasure, and when they choose a comrade it is for human qualities, not sexualities.

From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer




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