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Recent Examples of harem
For the pupping season, which lasts from about December to April, the males are fasting from both food and water in order to devote all their energy to defend their harem.
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Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
This harem within echoes the work of scholars such as Toril Moi, who reveals that declaring oneself a woman writer responds to cultural provocations that reinforce stigmas of the female figure primarily as woman, not writer.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
These multi-ton giants fight to keep their harem of females.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Genghis Khan’s sons may have followed in their father’s footsteps and had large harems.
—Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
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Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
This harem within echoes the work of scholars such as Toril Moi, who reveals that declaring oneself a woman writer responds to cultural provocations that reinforce stigmas of the female figure primarily as woman, not writer.
—Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
These multi-ton giants fight to keep their harem of females.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Genghis Khan’s sons may have followed in their father’s footsteps and had large harems.
—Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for harem
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“Harem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harem. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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