as in to reproduce
to bring forth offspring
the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
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Here are a few pros and cons of making the decision not to procreate and raise a child.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Governments have responded with pleas and incentives to encourage families to procreate.
—Angela Saini, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024
As soon as the earth starts to shake, the pupfish dive to the depths of Devils Hole, with each male chasing a female pupfish to procreate as soon as physically possible.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Likewise, how orcs procreate is not discussed anywhere in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, but is mentioned almost as an aside in The Silmarillion.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Governments have responded with pleas and incentives to encourage families to procreate.
—Angela Saini, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024
As soon as the earth starts to shake, the pupfish dive to the depths of Devils Hole, with each male chasing a female pupfish to procreate as soon as physically possible.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Likewise, how orcs procreate is not discussed anywhere in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, but is mentioned almost as an aside in The Silmarillion.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher, Cake Eater will be released Dec. 30 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their three-part field trip program teaches them how plants are propagated, the importance of composting and how to prepare simple, nutritious recipes.—
Jen Nation,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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These were: P-waves, which oscillate back and forth similar to how a sound wave propagates; S-waves which oscillate up and down, perpendicular to the direction of travel; and surface waves, which travel along the surface of Mars similar to ripples in a pond.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Children are commonly taught to add, subtract and even multiply two numbers by stacking them, one on top of the other.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial — a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.—
Stephen Ornes,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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