sexual

Example Sentences

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The female employee’s legal team said the accusations are false and that she and the ex-employee never had a romantic or sexual relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Imam Nahe'i, who teaches at a large Islamic boarding school, says that when he asked he found his fellow teachers "didn't understand what sexual violence was".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

She said she hoped the series would encourage people to have conversations about how victims of sexual offences are treated.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

A number of states, including California, now bar employers from using nondisclosure agreements to silence workers speaking out about workplace misconduct, including sexual assault, harassment and labor and safety violations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Perhaps their distinctive external appearance involves relatively few genes that arose through sexual selection after they migrated from mainland Asia and became isolated on the Japanese archipelago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond