as in gestation
the state of containing unborn young within the body
an elephant's pregnancy can last almost two years
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Recent Examples of pregnancy
Additionally, a legal text revealed that when an enslaved woman was being sold, her pregnancy was considered a defect.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
During the height of the pandemic, deaths of women during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth soared to their highest level in 50 years.
—Mike Stobbe, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
Studies have shown that newborns are protected from symptomatic COVID infection for at least six months when their mothers receive a COVID vaccine or booster during pregnancy.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 May 2025
Covid risks during pregnancy OB-GYNs quickly raised alarms over patient access to the vaccine.
—Julie Tsirkin, NBC news, 28 May 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
During the height of the pandemic, deaths of women during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth soared to their highest level in 50 years.
—Mike Stobbe, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
Studies have shown that newborns are protected from symptomatic COVID infection for at least six months when their mothers receive a COVID vaccine or booster during pregnancy.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 May 2025
Covid risks during pregnancy OB-GYNs quickly raised alarms over patient access to the vaccine.
—Julie Tsirkin, NBC news, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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And the drug was approved for the termination of a pregnancy up to 10 weeks of gestation in 2016.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
19 May 2025
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Family of woman on life support wishes for a choice Smith is expected to remain on life support through at least 32 weeks of gestation, when the fetus has a good chance of survival outside the womb, Newkirk told 11Alive.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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