as in gestation
the state of containing unborn young within the body
an elephant's pregnancy can last almost two years
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Recent Examples of pregnancy
Recent dips in birth rates are due to declines in teenage pregnancy, and shifts to older ages of childbearing.
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Stephanie Psaki, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
With this second pregnancy, Tookes made a conscious decision to be gentler with herself.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
Goodson adds that there's also insufficient research on its safety during pregnancy, breastfeeding or for people with autoimmune diseases.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Birchmore also planned to announce her pregnancy on Valentine’s Day in 2021, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Psaki, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
With this second pregnancy, Tookes made a conscious decision to be gentler with herself.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
Goodson adds that there's also insufficient research on its safety during pregnancy, breastfeeding or for people with autoimmune diseases.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Birchmore also planned to announce her pregnancy on Valentine’s Day in 2021, prosecutors said.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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The feline gestation period is around two months, divided into approximately three trimesters of 20 days each.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Environmental factors such as particulate matter pollution and lead exposure were also among the most significant risk factors, along with those related to newborn health including low birthweight and short gestation.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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