domesticating

verb

present participle of domesticate
as in cultivating
to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend.

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Recent Examples of domesticating That means that winemakers across what is now France must have switched from domesticating wild grapes to propagating them directly—that is, cloning grapevines by taking cuttings of the plants to start new groves. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026 Truly domesticating bees required a hive with movable frames, one that would allow beekeepers to examine their bees and harvest honey without destroying the colony. — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 But where chimps might merely poke over the ashes, our lineage at some point took the next step in promoting and even domesticating the flames — perhaps picking a smoldering stick from the edges of one grassland, and lighting the grassland in the next valley over. — Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025 Tens of thousands of years ago, humans began domesticating wild wolves to make hunting, gathering food and protection easier, according to Science News. — K'mari Greene, AJC.com, 4 June 2026 Lonpi Tipi added that domesticating larvae production ultimately would lead to solving problems related to access to protein- and nutrition-rich food. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025 And perhaps no one brand better exemplifies the nation's work than Track Trailer and its Tvan, a little 'drop trailer that's been domesticating the Outback for over a quarter-century. — New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2026 In a statement published in the Journal of Heredity, Bell suggested that the government should look into the possibility of domesticating manatees. — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domesticating
  1. cultivating
  2. training
  3. breeding
  4. propagating
  5. using
  6. producing
  7. utilizing
  8. raising
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  • The normalization of transactional thinking in education therefore risks cultivating broader cultural acceptance of ethical compromise.
    — Jason Benedict, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Instead of cultivating the rough aliveness of our humanity, these tools seem geared toward replacing our clunky human efforts.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of cultivating
Verb
  • One topic that has become increasingly important to me is training.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • Canada’s men’s and women’s national teams infamously used drones to capture footage of opponents training for years until they were caught at the 2024 Olympics.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of training
Verb
  • Between June and November, thousands of humpback whales migrate through Brazilian waters, traveling roughly 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean to breeding and calving grounds off northeastern Brazil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Residents can also request a free backyard inspection from the department's Pest Management team to identify areas where mosquitoes may be breeding.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of breeding
Verb
  • In addition to environmental education and advocacy, the center’s mission includes propagating rare and endangered native plants and rehabilitating birds of prey, reptiles and amphibians.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 24 June 2026
  • Ahead, experts share their go-to methods for propagating a lemon tree the right way.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 June 2026
Definition of propagating
Verb
  • In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of using
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  • Instead of producing energy from heat, as with the radiothermal generators found on deep-space probes like Voyager 2, the NanoTritium system generates electricity directly.
    — David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • Tired of spending his days simply delighting in psychological torture and revenge, Lestat publicly chases the life of a famous rock star, writing and producing an album and performing in a cross-country tour while maintaining a fake vampire persona.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Definition of producing
Verb
  • The next day, a team from Chile, utilizing radar and sonar sound-detection equipment, confirmed the presence of Gil, still alive, in the sub-basement.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The corporate leadership stated that utilizing additive manufacturing allows the organization to reduce the standard timelines required to bring new power generation designs to the commercial marketplace.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
Definition of utilizing
Verb
  • But a fresh start comes with plenty of new challenges — from rival ranchers and relentless cattle work to the unexpected trials of raising their teenage son, Carter (Finn Little).
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • SpaceX went public in June, raising roughly $75 billion in the largest IPO on record.
    — Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of raising

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