as in period
an occurrence of menstruating a first menstruation can be somewhat scary for girls who are unprepared

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Recent Examples of menstruation Synrgy puts the menstrual cycle front and center and works to break through some of the stigma that exists around menstruation. Micah Ling, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025 And adolescent girls aged 15–19 are less likely than adult women to participate in school, work and social activities during menstruation, the report found. Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Along with changing the game on menstrual hygiene, Bell credited Knix as a brand on the forefront of destigmatizing conversations about menstruation and periods. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025 Participants—and, by extension, viewers—got genuinely illuminating crash courses in, for instance, 19th century contraception and how frontier women handled menstruation. Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for menstruation
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period
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  • This traditionally marked an ideal period for farmers to harvest their crops later into the night, the Old Farmer's Almanac said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Amorim was pleased his team negotiated that closing period with maturity.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Menstruation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menstruation. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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