as in pregnancy
the act or process of giving birth to children
women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs
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Recent Examples of childbirth
Not to mention the potential benefits of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy after childbirth.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Less common but still important routes of transmission include mother-to-child spread during childbirth, which can cause eye infections or pneumonia in newborns.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Students also get to use high-tech mannequins that simulate childbirth, and safely practice vital training in a realistic environment.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The homicide capped a turbulent year at Burning Man, which also saw reports of an electrocution, an unplanned childbirth and 44 arrests, more than double last year’s total, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Less common but still important routes of transmission include mother-to-child spread during childbirth, which can cause eye infections or pneumonia in newborns.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Students also get to use high-tech mannequins that simulate childbirth, and safely practice vital training in a realistic environment.
—Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
The homicide capped a turbulent year at Burning Man, which also saw reports of an electrocution, an unplanned childbirth and 44 arrests, more than double last year’s total, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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In the United Kingdom, there is a midwife assigned to every childbearing individual, regardless of the risk status of the pregnancy.—
DeAnna Taylor,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Some fans wondered if the sudden confirmation was related to a possible pregnancy.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Yet, Gui uncovers an intimate connection with the evil spirit, which embodies Yishui’s deepest pain about childbearing.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Helping people achieve their childbearing goals means coming up with holistic solutions that improve people's lives, such as making housing more affordable and tackling student loan debt.—
Karen Benjamin Guzzo,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Domino’s expanded its delivery options last quarter by partnering with DoorDash, following a similar deal in 2023 with Uber Eats.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The company expects to begin deliveries of its flying car to reservation holders in early 2026.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Even those who like parts of his agenda have been stumped about how to talk him out of the stuff that terrifies them — whiplash tariffs and a labor-depleting immigration crackdown.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Without the protection of the non-statutory labor exemption, the NFL’s salary cap and other limitations on players’ earning opportunities became targets for antitrust law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Monster has debuted into this very fraught political moment where, despite no evidence showing a link between violence and transness, right-wingers have gone to great pains to paint almost every mass shooter who makes front page news as trans in hopes of stripping trans people of their rights.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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The medium-firm memory foam balances a cozy, sink-in feeling with actual support that won’t leave you with aches and pains come morning.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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Previously the billionaire banker has warned the American economy is weakening, saying in September following a measly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that whether that weakness spills into economic contraction remains to be seen.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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At other points during the livestream, Fandy lay on her side and knelt on her sofa while enduring contractions.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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