birth pangs

noun

plural of birth pang
as in contractions

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  1. pains
  2. deliveries
  3. childbirths
Noun
  • The couple took pains to preserve historical details like the house's original wooden shutters.
    — Sophie Caldwell,Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly every single recipe from the Fizz’s golden age takes pains to specify that it should be made very cold, served without ice, and consumed immediately after delivery, an instruction that may seem pedantic but is nonetheless ubiquitous.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • Late deliveries and bad ratings also declined, with workers who had more severe hearing loss benefiting the most.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which has been documenting the crisis for months, said there have been no food deliveries to the town since the end of May.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliveries
Noun
  • The human neurons suffered severe, selective damage, mimicking the cellular breakdown that causes cerebral palsy in human infants during difficult childbirths.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Congo's has among the world's highest rates of both childbirths per woman and deaths around childbirth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of childbirths
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“Birth pangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birth%20pangs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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