childbirths

plural of childbirth
as in pregnancies
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 childbirths In some Michigan counties, Medicaid covers more than half of all childbirths. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Just in time for the Singles Day shopping event , Alibaba on Friday began presales in China of its own Quark AI Glasses at $660 — or as low as $519 for its e-commerce platform members — with deliveries set to start in December .
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In September 2025, Li Auto recorded its highest monthly deliveries for the Mega, reaching 3,277 units across China.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Childbirths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirths. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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