Thesaurus results for CHILDBED

childbed

noun

as in lying-in

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Recent Examples of childbed After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking. —

Time, 20 Jan. 2023

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confinement

Noun

The poor conditions inside detention centers and the prolonged confinement often compel detainees to give up their quest for a court hearing and opt to leave the country of their own accord.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Understanding fusion fuel One of the hub’s basic goals is to refine the understanding of inertial confinement fusion (ICF).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026