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lying-in

noun

Definition of lying-innext
as in confinement

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  1. confinement
  2. childbed
  3. pregnancy
Noun
  • The sheriff's office's drone was used to assist in checking the approximately 28-acre property and helped identify old kennel and animal-confinement areas.
    — River Valley Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Creativity actually lives most powerfully when there is some confinement, some restriction.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of confinement
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  • After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.
    — Time, Time, 20 Jan. 2023
Definition of childbed
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  • Unlike Price, though, Baker wasn’t blessed with a straightforward pregnancy.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Talm was founded in 2021 as a skin care brand for women during pregnancy and postpartum.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of pregnancy
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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