as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body
the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days
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Recent Examples of gestation
Researchers stress that this discovery does not mean babies are actually learning language during gestation, however.
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
In March of this year, again at 17 weeks gestation, Harrison felt her water break and went to the emergency room at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The problem of infection control Infection control is essential to any attempt at artificial gestation.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
When temperatures remain at or above 75 degrees Fahrenheit overnight, there is a 4% increase in preterm births — babies born before 37 weeks, instead of the full-term gestation of at least 39 weeks — in the days that follow, according to research conducted by the Heat Policy Innovation Hub.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
In March of this year, again at 17 weeks gestation, Harrison felt her water break and went to the emergency room at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The problem of infection control Infection control is essential to any attempt at artificial gestation.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
When temperatures remain at or above 75 degrees Fahrenheit overnight, there is a 4% increase in preterm births — babies born before 37 weeks, instead of the full-term gestation of at least 39 weeks — in the days that follow, according to research conducted by the Heat Policy Innovation Hub.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestation
pregnancy
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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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“Gestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestation. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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