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breeder

[bree-der] / ˈbri dər /


NOUN
grower
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A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

“It’s all abuzz,” she said of the breeder community, which is relatively small.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

"We import the certified mother plant from the breeder abroad," says Nelson Sequeira, the founder and director of Tara Farms Fresh, a licensed strawberry propagator.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

When Zita told her mother what he’d said, that Bobby was looking for a breeder, Mrs. Rajcsanyi was horrified.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

"Because of the increase in the population, people are now very disturbed. Damage is being done to farmers, livestock breeders and beekeepers," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

She said demand surged after axolotls appeared in Minecraft, with breeders "going absolutely crazy" producing them in large numbers.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

As a result, breeders have selected crops with smaller leaves and shorter stems.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2026

In England, farm breeders had refined the creation of novel breeds and variants to a highly sophisticated science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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