Noun
She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.
His politeness shows good breeding.
a person who lacks breeding
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So if bigger, more mature bats of breeding age are being targeted by hunters, that could affect flying fox populations overall.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2026 The Central Valley is also part of the monarch butterfly’s breeding zone.—
Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
24 Oct. 2026 Lamm told TechCrunch that conventional breeding can produce dogs with poor eyesight or genetic predispositions to cancer.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2026 Sandy offshore islands and expansive seagrass beds make the Gulf an ideal habitat for nesting and breeding.—
Paula Hancocks,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for breeding
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