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Recent Examples of nonpregnant
In a recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dataset, in the fifth to 95th weight percentiles, nonpregnant females aged 20 and older weighed between 110 and 263 pounds, and males in the same age range weighed between 136 and 287 pounds.
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Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women are three times more likely to develop severe disease than nonpregnant women who acquire malaria in the same geographic area.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
To dig deeper, study co-author Julia Phan, a graduate student in Morrison’s lab, was comparing gene expression in those blood stem cells of pregnant and nonpregnant mice.
—Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
Repeatedly taking large blood draws from nonpregnant mice also woke up retrotransposons in blood stem cells, indicating pregnancy isn’t the only trigger.
—Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
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Agustín Fuentes, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women are three times more likely to develop severe disease than nonpregnant women who acquire malaria in the same geographic area.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2025
To dig deeper, study co-author Julia Phan, a graduate student in Morrison’s lab, was comparing gene expression in those blood stem cells of pregnant and nonpregnant mice.
—Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
Repeatedly taking large blood draws from nonpregnant mice also woke up retrotransposons in blood stem cells, indicating pregnancy isn’t the only trigger.
—Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpregnant
infertile
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When lions and tigers mate in zoos, their liger cubs have suffered heart failure and other health problems (and the males seem uniformly infertile).—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2025
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Chickweed is an opportunistic weed that also grows in full sun and infertile soil.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 May 2025
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“Nonpregnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpregnant. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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