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
This is what is best: men, women, having a family, having babies, procreating.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 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
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
This is what is best: men, women, having a family, having babies, procreating.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreate
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Bibler is being charged with eight counts of possessing child pornography and eight counts of reproducing child pornography involving a victim under 13, officials said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The talents are seen posing in a public bathroom with red and black tiles, reproducing the set of Michele’s sophomore Valentino ready-to-wear show, staged in a giant public toilet bathed in red light.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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But Kennedy has already propagated an insidious revolution within the agencies under his control, using a playbook familiar to illiberal leaders—culling expertise, silencing critics, and weaponizing administrative procedure to grant a veneer of legitimacy to his actions.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
7 Sep. 2025
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Unlike other bird species whose population sizes are regulated largely by natural forces — such as food availability, predators or constraints in their habitats — chickens are bred and multiplied by the billions by means of global agricultural industries.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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