inseminating

verb

present participle of inseminate
as in breeding
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations

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Recent Examples of inseminating In 1992, Cecil Jacobson was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury for inseminating his patients with his own sperm and was sent to prison. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inseminating
  1. breeding
  2. planting
  3. implanting
Verb
  • Research suggests that breeding for higher genetic merit has improved the amount of milk produced.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Haggin developed a successful horse breeding farm on the sprawling expanse and at one time owned as many as 1,000 thoroughbreds.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of breeding
Verb
  • Ronald Watts, accused of planting evidence to frame hundreds of men.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have sent fertilizer costs soaring, just as farmers pay higher interest rates on the loans needed to get from planting to harvest season.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of planting
Verb
  • Cultured pearls, as opposed to natural ones, are created by implanting a shell bead into a mollusk.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The two-part procedure involves implanting thin electrodes into precise areas of the brain linked to Tourette symptoms, then connecting them under the skin to a pulse generator near the collarbone.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of implanting

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“Inseminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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