Example Sentences

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The collars the cows wear for monitoring activity mean he is breeding off his best animals all the time to improve his genetic stock.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

Another important strategy against future yield losses is breeding resistant wheat varieties.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

A more sustainable approach is breeding honey bees to fight the mites.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 7, 2022

Feeding them “is creating a larger population that is breeding, and it is impacting the communities.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2021

Lady Althrop is breeding, Lord Harrington has another son.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.