to term

idiom

medical
: to the natural end of a pregnancy
She carried the baby to term.

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Guadalupe Lamas carried her first two children to term while picking produce in the fields. Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 Ann, after prayer, medical advice, conversations with her husband, and guidance from her pastor, chooses to carry her pregnancy to term. Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025 Paulina would be forced to carry the pregnancy to term and give birth against her will. Rebecca Grant june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 Shots - Health News In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths Kash says this new law doesn't take into account threats to a mother's mental health — such as carrying a baby to term that won't survive. Katia Riddle, NPR, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for to term

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“To term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20term. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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