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
Commonplace treatment Mifepristone was approved in 2000 as a safe and effective way to end early pregnancies.
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Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Free to Healthy Start participants, the app provides accessible pregnancy and infant health education, program updates, appointment reminders, and links to local and national resources.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
In my view as a privacy and constitutional law scholar, the court ruled correctly by concluding that issuing a subpoena for personal information regarding a crisis pregnancy center’s donors may deter those donors from supporting the organization.
—Wayne Unger, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
In her own words, here are her views on vaccines, peptides, Tylenol in pregnancy, dietary guidelines, breast cancer, and also, Casey Means.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
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Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Free to Healthy Start participants, the app provides accessible pregnancy and infant health education, program updates, appointment reminders, and links to local and national resources.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
In my view as a privacy and constitutional law scholar, the court ruled correctly by concluding that issuing a subpoena for personal information regarding a crisis pregnancy center’s donors may deter those donors from supporting the organization.
—Wayne Unger, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
In her own words, here are her views on vaccines, peptides, Tylenol in pregnancy, dietary guidelines, breast cancer, and also, Casey Means.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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Hall had a 1% chance of survival when he was born four months premature at just 23 weeks gestation, born without a heartbeat and suffering from a brain bleed.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The babies were born at 31 weeks of gestation, or about seven months into the pregnancy.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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