mate
Example Sentences
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The goal is for the altered males to mate with females, producing eggs that don’t hatch.
From Los Angeles Times
The building, we learned from one of our platform mates, had been designed to hold four hundred.
From Literature
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Like the best of friends, the best of soul mates they were.
From Literature
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On being told there were two fatalities, Mather said "it's not as bad as I thought", to which another officer beside him said "it's pretty bad, mate".
From BBC
They have a fierce love for their mates and cubs.
From Literature
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