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

At a moment when the industry is redefining its future, inclusion can be part of the solution, not a casualty of contraction.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
That contraction has compressed the planet’s crust, producing enormous cliffs and ridges known as lobate scarps.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of contraction

Noun

In your first trimester, exercises like bear crawls, side planks and bird dogs can reduce aches and pains later in pregnancy, like pelvic girdle pain, sometimes called lightning crotch.

— Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
Only one thing gave Ruiz the kind of consolation that was truly the obverse of his physical pains, and that was the sacred figure of the Virgin Mary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of pains

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Meanwhile, many owners of Wildberries pickup points face lost revenue amid the plunging deliveries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The advanced warship features next-generation technologies such as electromagnetic systems and dual nuclear reactors, with delivery anticipated in 2027.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of delivery

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Postpartum psychosis Postpartum psychosis ranks as one of the rarest and most severe mental health disorders associated with childbirth.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Postpartum depression affects roughly 1 in 7 to 1 in 8 women after childbirth, making it among the most common complications of pregnancy.

— Jamie Maguire, STAT, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of childbirth

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

Research shows midwife births lead to lower rates of both cesarean section and complications.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Ashley was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome during her pregnancy, and she was urgently flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle for an emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia, according to the fundraiser.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cesarean section

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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