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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Their memories and ways of being will be descended from our own, as surely as if they had been gestated in a human womb and raised by a human family, which will be the reality of their own creation stories and myths.
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Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fox‘s long-gestating Baywatch reboot has landed a 12-episode straight-to-series order from the broadcast network for a premiere during the 2026-27 season.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Chad Stahelski is at the helm of the long-gestating project, which the filmmaker has been developing for nearly a decade.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Found nowhere else on the planet, this tiny amphibian is known for its unique method of parenting, with male Darwin’s frogs gestating their young in the vocal sac below their mouth.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Rick Tumlinson, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fox‘s long-gestating Baywatch reboot has landed a 12-episode straight-to-series order from the broadcast network for a premiere during the 2026-27 season.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Chad Stahelski is at the helm of the long-gestating project, which the filmmaker has been developing for nearly a decade.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Found nowhere else on the planet, this tiny amphibian is known for its unique method of parenting, with male Darwin’s frogs gestating their young in the vocal sac below their mouth.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Gestate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestate. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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