offspring
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Under China’s arrangements with foreign zoos, offspring are considered to be China’s and eventually returned to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Who wants to contemplate our technological offspring ending our existence?
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The offspring of one of the world's rarest trees has been given a new home in south-west Scotland as conservationists step up efforts to save the species from extinction.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Billed as a sequel series premiering Sept. 24, a Wayne offspring is our anchor for the freshman class at Hillman College, the show’s fictional historically Black college based in Virginia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
A little later in life we pick up some of the more exotic plurals—criteria, phenomena, hypotheses, and the like—that are the offspring of other languages.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
It sticks out like a sore thumb among the Camden Yards offsprings that followed.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Internal fertilization leads to more genetic variations and increases the survival rates of offsprings.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Aristotle came to this thought when he observed that hares often gave birth to litters which comprised sets of healthy and imperfect offsprings.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2011
Toys R Us' "Fabulous 15" top picks includes Monster High dolls, offsprings to famous monster characters, and Hasbro's Cuponk, a game that challenges players to master ball-and-cup tricks using a wall.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2010
There was a column for each of the hens and their possible offsprings, and the grand total, expressed in terms of chickens, was stupendous.
From Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
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