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sexual

[sek-shoo-uhl, seks-yoo-] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl, ˈsɛks ju- /


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But Fryoff said as part of a Ventura County sexual assault kit initiative, all sexual assault cases are being reviewed and retested with modern technology.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Most cases occurred among children and adolescents, a pattern more consistent with nonvenereal treponemal diseases that spread through skin contact rather than sexual activity.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Virginia, Ginsburg’s opinion for the court explaining the Constitution’s guarantees against sex discrimination—which judges apply in cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity as well.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

“As Ms. Griffin herself concedes, she has no proof of the sexual abuse she recalled for the first time decades later while using psychedelics,” New York Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Fossils, for example, and whether their existence disproved the Book of Genesis; Brother Mendel’s experiments on the sexual reproduction of the sweet pea; the fallacy of laudable pus.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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