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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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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

Around 800 to 900 snakes escaped on Monday morning after a breeding farm was washed away, Wu Zhi, the head of a local village committee, told state-owned media Red Star News.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Such patterns can emerge naturally, but they can also result from human management or selective breeding.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

"That means we've got evidence of breeding water vole which is brilliant," he continues on the subject of the flattened poo.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

The dog breeding business doesn’t pay much, and Dad wanted us to sell the Burlington house so he could take half.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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

They quit their exact contemporaries at school and thence-forth are out upon the sea of life with men of all ages and breedings and nationalities around them and pressing them hard.

From Command by McFee, William

Survival of the sperm with 4 percent glycerol was so poor that only a few breedings were made with these samples.

From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by Friedman, M. E.




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