procreative
Example Sentences
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Davis School of Law, said courts had generally taken three approaches to contested embryos by enforcing previous agreements, balancing the procreative interests of the parties, or by trying to get them to agree.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
While he was a monk – not an environment renowned for procreative possibilities – he realised he wanted to have children.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2019
Otherwise, Eufinger wrote, “no certainty can ever be obtained as to the effective functioning of the procreative organs.”
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019
Rather than telling women to “avoid pregnancy” in the manner of avoiding a pothole, why are none of these assorted agencies telling men to stop having procreative sex until we know more about Zika?
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2016
It is certain, that Bakewell carried his refining system to such an extent, as partially to destroy the procreative powers; and he was subsequently obliged to introduce new animals, to reinvigorate and continue his flock.