lying-in

noun

Definition of lying-innext
as in confinement

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  1. confinement
  2. childbed
  3. pregnancy
Noun
  • Brown’s attorney, Ellen Comley, asked that he be sentenced to probation and home confinement.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The first year was to be served in home confinement without electronic monitoring.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
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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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  • Literature states that the recurrence rate after one pregnancy is affected by anencephaly jumps dramatically to between 2%-5%.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The fourth season’s penultimate episode features a pregnancy revelation, the unmasking of a secret villain, and, in its final moments, an unexpected loss that lends an extra layer of poignancy to the episode’s title.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pregnancy
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lying low
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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