gestated; gestating
1
: to carry in the uterus during pregnancy
2
: to conceive and gradually develop in the mind
: to be in the process of gestation
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There were ultimately 21 different financiers for the long-gestating project, set in 1970s New Zealand and starring Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes as three offbeat nuns who help a young boy retrieve his late mother from heaven before his father’s new girlfriend takes her place.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, hardly five months after France’s Canal+ Group completed its long-gestating $2 billion takeover of South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice, solidifying a merger of the two largest media players on the continent, a sense of foreboding remains over the fallout.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Todd Haynes’ long-gestating gay love story De Noche has found its second wind.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
From Breaking Bad to Fight Club, the misinterpretation of media that skewers the male power fantasy is well established, and the long-gestating HBO sleeper hit Industry, now in its senior season, is no exception to the literacy crisis.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, hardly five months after France’s Canal+ Group completed its long-gestating $2 billion takeover of South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice, solidifying a merger of the two largest media players on the continent, a sense of foreboding remains over the fallout.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Todd Haynes’ long-gestating gay love story De Noche has found its second wind.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
From Breaking Bad to Fight Club, the misinterpretation of media that skewers the male power fantasy is well established, and the long-gestating HBO sleeper hit Industry, now in its senior season, is no exception to the literacy crisis.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Gestate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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