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
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.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Additionally, it can be passed from parent to child during pregnancy, childbirth or through close contact with bodily fluids after birth.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility Families, communities, and societies bear the deepest loss when mothers do not survive childbirth.
—Shelley Stewart Iii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Studies show providing care to mothers after childbirth can decrease the incidence and severity of postpartum depression.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Additionally, it can be passed from parent to child during pregnancy, childbirth or through close contact with bodily fluids after birth.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility Families, communities, and societies bear the deepest loss when mothers do not survive childbirth.
—Shelley Stewart Iii, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Studies show providing care to mothers after childbirth can decrease the incidence and severity of postpartum depression.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 17 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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Magnesium plays a role in muscle contractions that may contribute to cramping.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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The contraction — the company also notched a monthly sales decline in September, unlike other large Chinese EV brands — comes as BYD slashed its sales goal for the year.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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