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
Chris Klomp, who leads the Medicare program at CMS, said the agency would like insurers to roll back prior authorization requirements for common services, including colonoscopies, cataract surgery and childbirth.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 23 June 2025
By requiring insurance companies to fully cover care throughout pregnancy and a year postpartum, this bill will make childbirth more affordable for families.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Among many other things, Firestone wanted to abolish gender, capitalism, monogamy, childbirth, and the nuclear family model.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
The couple had four children; their daughter Jennifer died at childbirth.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 23 June 2025
By requiring insurance companies to fully cover care throughout pregnancy and a year postpartum, this bill will make childbirth more affordable for families.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Among many other things, Firestone wanted to abolish gender, capitalism, monogamy, childbirth, and the nuclear family model.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
The couple had four children; their daughter Jennifer died at childbirth.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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Cameron and Gallagher welcomed their son on June 25 after revealing their pregnancy in late March.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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Pregnant people can also receive an RSV vaccine between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
4 July 2025
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The company has merged its delivery unit into its core business and boosted subsidies since JD.com’s formal entry to the space in February.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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Over $20,000 in merchandise was linked back to his delivery trucks, police said.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
11 July 2025
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Some of the other features include an emergency department, a labor unit, operating rooms and an on-site pharmacy.—
Chase Jordan
July 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 July 2025
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Last month, the courier’s other ongoing labor dispute was resolved when Canada Post’s second-largest postal workers union, the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA), agreed to new terms.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 July 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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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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With that in mind, August is supposed to see the same 11.8 percent month-over-month decline from July to 2.08 million TEUs, with a 10.4 percent contraction from last year’s totals.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 July 2025
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Additional tariffs would further hurt these two exports-dependent economies that are grappling with a slowdown in growth, with Japan likely staring at a technical recession, or two straight quarters of economic contraction.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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