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
People have been carving pregnant-goddess figurines since the Stone Age, and depictions of pregnancy are a recurrent theme across art history.
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Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
He was announced as the host for WrestleMania 42 and appeared in Las Vegas to announce the attendance, welcome Bianca Belair for her pregnancy revelation and had a segment with Danhausen, The Miz and Kit Wilson.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The signing came a day after Rupert’s pregnancy was announced, a development that will likely keep her out for an extended amount of time if not the whole season.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
So this problem—and certainly no one was say-ing that this pregnancy was anything other than a problem—was hers alone.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
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Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026
He was announced as the host for WrestleMania 42 and appeared in Las Vegas to announce the attendance, welcome Bianca Belair for her pregnancy revelation and had a segment with Danhausen, The Miz and Kit Wilson.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
The signing came a day after Rupert’s pregnancy was announced, a development that will likely keep her out for an extended amount of time if not the whole season.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
So this problem—and certainly no one was say-ing that this pregnancy was anything other than a problem—was hers alone.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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The medicines could be mailed or picked up at pharmacies and taken at home to end pregnancy up to 10 weeks of gestation.—
Mara Gordon,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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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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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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