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
More bluntly: what if my body made the choice of whether to procreate or not for me?
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Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that male prisoners do not have a constitutional right to procreate by means of artificial insemination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Here are a few pros and cons of making the decision not to procreate and raise a child.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
Immigrants tend to be young people seeking better lives for themselves, and youth also procreate, adding babies — sometimes more than a half-million a year — to the state’s population.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that male prisoners do not have a constitutional right to procreate by means of artificial insemination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Here are a few pros and cons of making the decision not to procreate and raise a child.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for procreate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreate
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The disease is considered a highly invasive tumor in the central nervous system because its cells reproduce extremely quickly.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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The name McKim, Mead & White evokes the image of three portly, middle-aged men, because the most frequently reproduced photograph of the trio was taken around 1905, when all three partners were in their fifties.—
Henry Wiencek
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Others say the mushrooms might have propagated from areas of commercial cultivation.—
Amber X. Chen,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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The researchers simulated the way airport and military radar signals from New York’s JFK and London’s Heathrow and Gatwick propagate through space.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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If several filings were required for the same year but were missed, the penalties can easily multiply.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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