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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Recent Examples of procreate
Advertisement Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually.
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Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do, to have kids or procreate.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do — to have kids or procreate.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Politics Tim Ryan lost a Senate seat to J.D. Vance, but learned this: Vance really is ‘weird’
July 30, 2024
Vance’s openly crackpot assertion that people who do not procreate are somehow less sane, and less American, than people who do is most definitely weird.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
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Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do, to have kids or procreate.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do — to have kids or procreate.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Politics Tim Ryan lost a Senate seat to J.D. Vance, but learned this: Vance really is ‘weird’
July 30, 2024
Vance’s openly crackpot assertion that people who do not procreate are somehow less sane, and less American, than people who do is most definitely weird.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Liz McNeil,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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The trick is to reproduce that resilience by bundling and gluing individual slats.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 Jan. 2025
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At the time, Facebook was severely criticized for failing to stem the flow of misinformation, including fake news propagated by foreign governments.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
7 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Raia, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, said in a Thursday press conference that Jabbar posted at least five videos propagating the ideology of ISIS, which the suspect claimed to have joined last year.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
2 Jan. 2025
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And the problems were multiplying: The Hurst fire in the Valley had grown to 500 acres, forcing evacuations.—
Jonathan Wolfe,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Researchers have found that a translocation mutation (when part of a chromosome attaches to a different one) may cause the oncogenes to multiply too quickly and lead to cancer.2 Is Multiple Myeloma Hereditary? Multiple myeloma may be partly hereditary.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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