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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

An animal sanctuary says its conservation centre for a species of small wild cats will join an international breeding programme.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As a result, they predicted that females might reproduce with multiple males across different breeding seasons.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The sting of the hand sanitizer was gone now, which meant the bacteria were back to breeding, spreading through my finger into the bloodstream.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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