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have sex

VERB

copulate

Synonyms

STRONG

bed breed cohabit conjugate couple fornicate lay mate unite

WEAK

be carnal do it fool around go all the way go to bed have coition have relations lie with make it make love make out sleep together sleep with

Antonyms

STRONG

divide separate

WEAK

abstain refrain

VERB

sleep around

Synonyms

WEAK

fool around fornicate have sexual intercourse make love screw

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The agency classifies the risk to gay and bisexual men who have sex with more than one partner as “low to moderate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

In June 2024, the CDC officially recommended doxy PEP for men who have sex with men and transgender women to treat syphilis, chlamydia or gonorrhea.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air and the males rely on hearing to chase down a female, based on her attractive wingbeats.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

“We have sex education. We don’t have things about like online safety,” said Bao Le, a 18-year-old freshman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

He began making donations to worthy causes; he wouldn’t have sex, because he wasn’t married; he scorned profanity and pornography; and he attempted to follow the Ten Commandments in every detail.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

have sex

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