1
as in interaction
doings between individuals or groups
the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd
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2
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
Watching each other can be wildly erotic and can speed up your arousal without the pressure of rushing to intercourse.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 May 2025
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.
—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
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 May 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercourse
Noun
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Trying to reducing those interactions to ‘end user’ terms missed the complexity that made the work succeed.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The release comes after cellphone video McNeil recorded of his interaction with officers gained viral traction online.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The research highlights that identical brain circuits may underlie mating behaviors in both sexes, but operate through fundamentally different mechanisms depending on the hormonal state.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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An order Trump signed on Jan. 20, his first day back, proclaims that the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
16 July 2025
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The American public should realize that the figures appearing in the chart’s left column represent a hodgepodge of factors that (while not all wholly irrelevant to global trade tensions) cannot be conveniently translated into a statistic that bears any relation to real-world tariff rates.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The White House has taken an optimistic tone on the outlook of trade and broader relations with Beijing in recent weeks.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
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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 2 Aug. 2025.
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