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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Likewise, how orcs procreate is not discussed anywhere in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, but is mentioned almost as an aside in The Silmarillion.
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Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually.
—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
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This was seen by more than one million people on X and was reproduced extensively on social media and legacy media outlets.—
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Evans reproduces an illustration from an 1816 catalog of Sheffield iron products showing nine different hoes.—
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The ideal time of year to propagate stem cuttings depends on the species, and usually, woody plants root best in soil or potting mix rather than in water.—
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Those fears are propagating into the way homebuyers look at new properties, into the shopping and selection process and therefore the sales process, into land development, into economic impacts and on and on.—
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Manning, the startup’s first big investor, made more than $315 million, multiplying his original investment by about 60.—
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These mutations cause healthy plasma cells to transform into abnormal cancerous cells that grow and multiply uncontrollably in bone marrow.2 While genetic changes to the DNA are what may cause multiple myeloma, abnormal chromosomes may contribute to the cancer development as well.—
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“Procreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procreate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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