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
But the Doula had lost her own baby in childbirth and left town.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Dunant's most recent novel, The Marchesa — again set in the Italian Renaissance and about Isabella d’Este, the first female art collector and patron of her time — also has a good deal of childbirth, both successful and not, within it, the author says.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Nine of the participants had run during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Work Birth Poehler’s girlboss corporate manager insists on closing a big deal for the firm while nine months pregnant, switching rapidly between business mode and childbirth mode when her water breaks.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Dunant's most recent novel, The Marchesa — again set in the Italian Renaissance and about Isabella d’Este, the first female art collector and patron of her time — also has a good deal of childbirth, both successful and not, within it, the author says.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Nine of the participants had run during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Work Birth Poehler’s girlboss corporate manager insists on closing a big deal for the firm while nine months pregnant, switching rapidly between business mode and childbirth mode when her water breaks.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
Noun
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The birthing experience was a surprising, but happy ending to an easy pregnancy.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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In Post-Roe Texas, Amal, an Indian-American woman, grapples with an unexpected pregnancy when her path crosses with a newlywed Indian immigrant, Charulata.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rising rates of obesity and alcohol use, along with changes in childbearing and menopause patterns, may also contribute to the steady increase.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Experts suspect rising obesity and alcohol use, reductions in exercise, and changes in childbearing may help explain the rise in cases.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Great comedic timing and delivery.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Called Indomo, the company has developed an at-home mode of delivery for the steroid injection, which currently can only be administered in-office by dermatologists and is known to rapidly treat cystic and inflammatory acne.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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With millions of additional packages moving through the system daily, the USPS temporarily raises prices to offset higher transportation, labor, and fuel costs.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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The movie takes pains to illustrate how the possible end of the world will begin like any other day.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 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
Noun
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Pause at the top for the contraction, and slowly lower your knee back to the starting position.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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The condition results from insufficient calcium for normal muscle function, which can impair uterine contractions or affect the pelvic bone structure, increasing the likelihood of delivery complications.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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