Thesaurus results for BIRTH PANG

birth pang

noun

Definition of birth pang

as in contraction

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Recent Examples of birth pang Because the ending of what feels like the end of the world is actually just the birth pangs of a new creation. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 Such monstrosities, we were told, were merely the birth pangs of a new and mostly peaceful nation. — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles. — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024 And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land. — Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020

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Noun

Then, as deregulation and contraction brought cost-cutting, more stations farmed out traffic coverage to the point that large numbers of radio stations get reports from people not even in their cities.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The public market has not yet been asked, and the one adjacent listing it was asked about, Circle, drew a Morgan Stanley downgrade on USDC contraction within a year of its euphoric debut.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of contraction

Noun

Parnell said the push for speedier delivery was part of a broader modernization effort that predated the five-month-old conflict.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
However, personalized meal plans, human-grade ingredients and home delivery have helped make fresh food subscriptions increasingly popular among dog owners.

— Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

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The crucible of childbirth is often spoken of as transformative, the self-sacrifice of pregnancy as part of becoming a parent.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Catholic doctrine holds that Mary’s virginity was preserved before, during, and after childbirth.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of childbirth

Noun

In Hrubec’s mice, however, fetuses with deformities of the brain and spine were dying early in the pregnancy and disappearing.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The crucible of childbirth is often spoken of as transformative, the self-sacrifice of pregnancy as part of becoming a parent.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pregnancy

Noun

Not least because the hips—or rather, a wide pelvis—are considered a symbol of femininity, fertility, and childbearing capacity, both from a cultural-historical and an evolutionary-biology perspective.

— Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026
In fact, for millennia the role of mothers has included not only childbearing and education but also protection over the community as a whole, especially through advocacy for peace.

— Marie-Claire Beaulieu, The Conversation, 5 May 2026

Definition of childbearing

Noun

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
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.

— William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021

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