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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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Cities across the Western world are struggling to address housing and affordability crises, squeezing residents and developers alike and breeding discontent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In 1954, Loch Garten had the first confirmed pair of breeding ospreys since the species went extinct in the UK in 1916 due to habitat loss and persecution.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The lemon frost morph originated from a spontaneous genetic mutation that appeared during selective breeding in a large colony of leopard geckos.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The best way to prevent infection is to make sure your home is not a breeding ground for virus-carrying mosquitoes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

“Artificial insemination. The university has a very successful artificial breeding program for endangered birds of prey.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Louise Leatherdale, owner and co-founder of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minn., which is considered among the best breeders of dressage horses, said she might charge as little as $2,000 for two breedings.

From New York Times May 4, 2018

From there, he landed a job selling stallion breedings for the famed Walmac Farm.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2015

In his new home, Yankee Gentleman quickly jumped from about 30 breedings to 94, at $5,000 per time.

From Time Apr. 28, 2010

If her breedings, her bitterness of spirit manifested themselves, it was in a fixed undertone of pessimism and in an occasional outburst of recklessness that bewildered her brother.

From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

Why, then, these foreign thoughts of state-employments, Abhorrent to your function and your breedings?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir




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