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Idiom

sperm donor

Meaning

A man who is the father of a woman's child or children, but no longer has a relationship, or has a hostile relationship, with the woman, and is typically uninvolved with the children as well.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She decided to use a sperm donor to start her family.”

“After years of trying to conceive, the couple chose to find a sperm donor through a medical clinic.”

“The legal framework surrounding the rights and responsibilities of a sperm donor remains a complex issue in modern family law.”

Examples

simple

“She decided to use a sperm donor to start her family.”

contextual

“After years of trying to conceive, the couple chose to find a sperm donor through a medical clinic.”

complex

“The legal framework surrounding the rights and responsibilities of a sperm donor remains a complex issue in modern family law.”

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