How to Use gender in a Sentence

gender

noun
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  • Some languages do not use genders.
  • In Spanish, the adjective and noun must agree in number and gender.
  • Police did not share the gender or the name of the child.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The gender and name of the child has not been released.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2023
  • The name, gender and birth date of the child haven’t been revealed.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The gender pay gap may not close for more than 100 years.
    — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Of course, there are some men who have been able to leave the 1950s gender standards in the rearview.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The age and gender of the victim has not been released.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Just a quick word from you on that, Catherine, on the gender?
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • How do race and gender play a role in the public response to her body?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The myth of the gender-transcendent workplace was just that.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2017
  • But people’s salaries were set (by the state) in a gender-blind manner.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The results stayed the same regardless of age and gender.
    — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
  • The gender and age of the second suspect has not been released.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • So tweeted the greatest athlete in the world, in any sport, of any gender.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 9 July 2018
  • Crowson did not disclose a name or the gender of the suspect.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Of course, people of all sexes and genders can use strap-ons.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 2 Mar. 2019
  • But she wasn't allowed to travel to space due to her gender.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Over the past 25 years, there have been other efforts to even out these gender roles.
    — Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There's a vast gender gap in vote preferences, and it's grown sharply.
    — Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The moved showed just how much Parton's tune can cross genres and gender.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Both works also toyed with gender in much the same way Kahlo herself did.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Whitaker declined to provide the age and gender of the person pulled from the river.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, kids are compared with others of the same age and gender.
    — Andrea Kane, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The gender of her unborn child was a mystery to everyone, though the singer had an idea.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 12 July 2018
  • What vice is desirable on the other side of the gender divide?
    — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
  • Both that debate and one over gender have raised questions about free speech in the county.
    — Sam Dorman, Fox News, 23 June 2021
  • People are a lot more anxious across age groups and across gender.
    — Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 11 Feb. 2020
  • As a father of two girls, gender equality is very close to me.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
  • But the milestone masks another type of gender gap (that’s not about wages).
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022

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