: retained in the uterus for the normal period of gestation before birth
a full-term newborn

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Singh was issued a full-term CDL in Washington State in July 2023, before receiving a limited-term/non-domiciled CDL in California 12 months later. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Aug. 2025 The initiative began serving nearly 500 families and flourished, with 92% of the babies born full-term and 96% born at a healthy birth rate in the Strong Babies program, outpacing the average rates for Nashville as a whole. Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 Despite the decline, July's numbers remain higher than Trump's average approval rating during his first term (41 percent), and also above President Biden's full-term average (41 percent) and his final-year rating (40 percent). Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025 The full-term identical baby boys, who detectives named Zeke and Zane, were found in November 2020 by the superintendent of an apartment building on College Ave. near E. 171st St. in Claremont. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for full-term

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of full-term was in 1844

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“Full-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-term. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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