as in confinement
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Noun
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According to the Post, Travis Sr. is currently serving a three-year probation with the first year under home confinement stemming from a 2023 arrest for gun and drug charges.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025 -
He was granted a $250,000 bond with strict conditions, including giving up his state license to practice medicine, paying a $37,500 nonrefundable deposit, confinement to his Brickell Avenue high-rise condo, GPS electronic monitoring and turning over his U.S. and Argentine passports.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Overall employee interest in pregnancy and fertility resources jumped from 5% in 2022 to 13% in 2024.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The placenta is an organ created during pregnancy that provides nutrients to a growing fetus through an umbilical cord.—
Marley Dewey,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
Noun
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But infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Listeria is also an infection known to cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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