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
The maternity concierge serves as a liaison, guiding expectant parents through the multifaceted stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, alleviating anxiety and stress while assisting families in navigating the journey.
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Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
In addition to the childbirth incentive, Booyoung Group is reportedly already trying to ease the financial burden on parents by helping out with college tuition for employees’ children, medical expenses for direct family members, and child allowances.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
But the Doula had lost her own baby in childbirth and left town.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Dunant's most recent novel, The Marchesa — again set in the Italian Renaissance and about Isabella d’Este, the first female art collector and patron of her time — also has a good deal of childbirth, both successful and not, within it, the author says.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
In addition to the childbirth incentive, Booyoung Group is reportedly already trying to ease the financial burden on parents by helping out with college tuition for employees’ children, medical expenses for direct family members, and child allowances.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
But the Doula had lost her own baby in childbirth and left town.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Dunant's most recent novel, The Marchesa — again set in the Italian Renaissance and about Isabella d’Este, the first female art collector and patron of her time — also has a good deal of childbirth, both successful and not, within it, the author says.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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The thing that nearly killed me was a complication with a pregnancy loss onstage.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, more seriously, their overlapping pregnancies meant that Micka was able to support her daughter through the at-times scary experience of giving birth to her first child.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rising rates of obesity and alcohol use, along with changes in childbearing and menopause patterns, may also contribute to the steady increase.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Experts suspect rising obesity and alcohol use, reductions in exercise, and changes in childbearing may help explain the rise in cases.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Howard owns a delivery service, D&B Limited and founded a youth mentoring program and nonprofit.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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The package delivery company is working with state and local authorities on response efforts.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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And on Monday night, labor leaders and former congresswoman Katie Porter, a candidate for governor, held a rally on UC San Diego’s campus to galvanize the student vote.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The first dip comes from keeping labor costs so low that many of its own employees rely on SNAP to survive.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The movie takes pains to illustrate how the possible end of the world will begin like any other day.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 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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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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No ordinance was passed that declared the bottom 5 percent of Burgher children (later raised to 10) superfluous, but this was the beginning of a long period of economic contraction throughout the empire, and competition for a dwindling supply of guild positions became intense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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For companies who have shrunk their senior teams, this C-suite contraction has been driven by several factors.—
Sarah Abbott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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