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breeder

[bree-der] / ˈbri dər /


NOUN
grower
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"French was a first-time breeder, Frank is an elderly gentleman by king penguin standards, and the egg itself was smaller than average," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

It’s her fourth time participating, and last year she secured second place, losing to a 2-year-old hairless Frenchie and English bulldog mix named Petunia who had been rescued from a backyard breeder in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Rachel Fealko, a third-generation Samoyed breeder in Ann Arbor, Mich., said she’s been getting more emails since word of Swift’s pup hit the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

A prodigious breeder, the Horklump will cover an average garden in a matter of days.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Most of the dogs are beagles, along with some Malinois and Shepherd mixes, brought on board through adoption or legal breeders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

It can take 10 to 15 years for breeders in the US and Europe to develop a top quality fruit and they patent their varieties.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

The findings may prove especially valuable for crop breeders who are trying to address challenges such as drought and food shortages.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

In England, farm breeders had refined the creation of novel breeds and variants to a highly sophisticated science.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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