1
as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd
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as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread
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Recent Examples of intercourse
Lennon, angry about Richard Nixon’s re-election and under the influence, began canoodling with a female guest and went off into the next room to engage in noisy intercourse.
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Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
In that incident, Haley said Weinstein unexpectedly asked to meet her in his hotel room and began having unwanted intercourse with her.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
For couples who are temporarily unable to engage in intercourse, there are still many ways to stay connected physically.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Painful intercourse can be caused by several common issues.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
In that incident, Haley said Weinstein unexpectedly asked to meet her in his hotel room and began having unwanted intercourse with her.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
For couples who are temporarily unable to engage in intercourse, there are still many ways to stay connected physically.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
Painful intercourse can be caused by several common issues.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercourse
Noun
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More information from the excavation will be presented at an academic conference on Maya–Teotihuacan interaction in August, the University of Houston said.—
Kerry Breen
July 10,
CBS News,
10 July 2025
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Unveiled during a late-night livestream, Musk claimed the new chatbot outperforms most graduate students across disciplines and now supports improved voice interactions.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Trump has signed executive orders proclaiming the government will recognize only two sexes, male and female.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The ceasefire has held but any sense of normalcy has not returned to the relations between the two countries.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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The spat threatened to shatter relations between them and centered in part on a news story that described divisions between the FBI and the Justice Department.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Intercourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercourse. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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