Noun
She became involved in the breeding of sled dogs.
His politeness shows good breeding.
a person who lacks breeding
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And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.—
David MacK,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2026 Chilean and international researchers surveying the country's major breeding colonies in 2024 and 2025 found a 63% drop in active nests compared to the same sites three years earlier.—ABC News,
2 Sep. 2026 From ash trees on the Appalachian Trail to century-old elms in Vermont’s capital, emerging treatments and breeding programs offer a rare, hopeful counterpoint to widespread insect and disease damage.—
Amanda Swinhart,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Aug. 2026 Emptying standing water at least once a week to reduce mosquito breeding sites, such as tires, buckets, toys, pools, birdbaths, flowerpot saucers or trash containers.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for breeding
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