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Recent Examples of harem
In earlier times, autumn bugling would attract a harem of suitors, when more than a dozen cows would congregate to feed and mate.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Facts about elephant seals—a bull’s responsibility to impregnate his harem of females, birthing and nursing—though presented scientifically, put the children in a state of wild glee that a thousand-year-old redwood tree or a century-old lighthouse could not induce.
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Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
She was completely brainwashed by Raniere, and became part of a harem of women who serviced his every need.
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Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Facts about elephant seals—a bull’s responsibility to impregnate his harem of females, birthing and nursing—though presented scientifically, put the children in a state of wild glee that a thousand-year-old redwood tree or a century-old lighthouse could not induce.
—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
She was completely brainwashed by Raniere, and became part of a harem of women who serviced his every need.
—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for harem
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harem
seraglio
Noun
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Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio.
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The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman.
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“Harem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harem. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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