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male

[mayl] / meɪl /
ADJECTIVE
masculine, manly
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In the court documents, several are referred to as "unknown male child" and identified by the location of their grave and date of their discovery.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The complaint says male employees at “all levels” of the company helped create and maintain the hostile work environment, from the vice president of operations to managers, bartenders, line cooks, food runners and bussers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The male skeleton was almost complete, missing only the lower portions of its front limbs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Llewellyn emphasized that fathers and other male role models have an especially meaningful role to play.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

He stood back often to study the results of his gnawing, and at last felt he had captured the proud, stern, aloof, strong, honest look of his male parent.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Although their original goal was to understand the mechanisms behind skin renewal, the team unexpectedly discovered striking differences between females and males.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

As healing progressed, the difference between males and females gradually became smaller.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

South Korean males are, in most circumstances, required to undertake between 18 and 21 months of active military service before the age of 28.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“When it came to males, he could be a little, well, aggressive,” Gina Davis, a Pasadena schoolteacher, said in a phone interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The female stood by pecking at something on the ground and then, after a while, it walked away, indifferent to the males great flare of feathers.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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