procreating

verb

present participle of procreate
as in reproducing
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 procreating Van Winkle’s sign said that bombing for peace was the equivalent of procreating for virginity. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026 Many took issue with the underlying assumption that the people who ought to be procreating are heterosexual, married couples and that conception is usually possible without the help of IVF. — Emma Kennedy, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025 Larkin, a proto-punk, poked fun at the way humans, just by procreating, pass their worst traits to their children and beyond, through infinity. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreating
  1. reproducing
  2. propagating
  3. multiplying
  4. breeding
Verb
  • The sargassum that began reproducing in the region earlier than usual this year stems from a record 40 million metric tons reported last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • The herd is one of only two found to be reproducing in increasingly hotter Florida waters.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of reproducing
Verb
  • Mai is propagating more than 170 varieties collected from refugees around the world, helping preserve these precious grains while studying which are best suited to our changing climate.
    — Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sensory neurons carry information as traveling waves of electrical charge called action potentials — brief, self-propagating voltage spikes that move down the length of a nerve fiber.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • Despite his manic efforts to smash and spray them out of existence, the ever-multiplying cockroaches eventually overwhelm him.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Signs that Americans are becoming increasingly wary of AI are multiplying.
    — Patrick J. Schena, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of multiplying
Verb
  • Screen, then securely close rain barrels to help keep mosquitoes from breeding, too.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Google applied for an experimental use permit to inject mosquitoes with a specific strain of the Wolbachia pipientis bacteria, which would prevent them from breeding.
    — Kimberly Miller, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of breeding

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