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  • present participle of breed.
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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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The horse has been used as a breeding stallion, with what its admirers say are predictably strong results.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

It was a "major achievement of national cultural policy," the official said, to get the "art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration" added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The organisation said resident male rusty-spotted cat Kuda would be joined by a female later in 2026 at the enclosures under the breeding scheme.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The genetic profiling revealed that female belugas regularly switch mates across breeding seasons, also over a long reproductive life.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The forest clearings made by African farmers also provide ideal breeding habitats for malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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