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breeding

[bree-ding] / ˈbri dɪŋ /


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Meanwhile on the Calf of Man, controlling rats - referred to locally as "longtails" to avoid bad luck - has helped the Manx shearwater recover to about 1,500 breeding pairs.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

"It is absolutely the right decision not to apply for a special scheme for mink breeding in Denmark," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Silicon Valley was once seen as a breeding ground for progressive-minded entrepreneurs, their politics running in parallel with their innovative solutions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It’s a great breeding ground for this new filmmaking,” Dave Clark, cofounder of AI film production studio Promise, said about Culver City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

They said there was no sense in breeding.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Louise Leatherdale, owner and co-founder of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minn., which is considered among the best breeders of dressage horses, said she might charge as little as $2,000 for two breedings.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2018

From there, he landed a job selling stallion breedings for the famed Walmac Farm.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2015

In his new home, Yankee Gentleman quickly jumped from about 30 breedings to 94, at $5,000 per time.

From Time ● Apr. 28, 2010

If her breedings, her bitterness of spirit manifested themselves, it was in a fixed undertone of pessimism and in an occasional outburst of recklessness that bewildered her brother.

From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach

Her mind was taken from morbid breedings as they climbed stairs and explored rooms and questioned agents.

From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland


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