mate for life

idiom

: to form pairs and stay together throughout life
birds that mate for life

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Beavers, who also are monogamous and mate for life, have a different strategy. Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025 Black vultures mate for life and have one brood per year with 1 to 3 eggs. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025 The history of Valentine’s Day Romantic chemistry: What happens when your brain is in love See the 6 animals that mate for life Celebrating Galentine’s Day? Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025 Coyotes often mate for life and are good parents, a contradiction to popular culture’s idea of the desert wolf as mischievous and cunning villain. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mate for life

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“Mate for life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mate%20for%20life. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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