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
Staff could not locate a pregnancy in her uterus, but sent her home without giving her medication to end the pregnancy.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025
Hamby, for example, accuses former Aces GM Natalie Williams of implying during a radio interview that the team learned of Hamby’s pregnancy in June 2022.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 June 2025
The women did not know each other ahead of their pregnancies.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 18 June 2025
One recent study showed that AI flagged high-risk pregnancies weeks earlier than obstetricians.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025
Hamby, for example, accuses former Aces GM Natalie Williams of implying during a radio interview that the team learned of Hamby’s pregnancy in June 2022.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 June 2025
The women did not know each other ahead of their pregnancies.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 18 June 2025
One recent study showed that AI flagged high-risk pregnancies weeks earlier than obstetricians.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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Then have the announcer cover the side effects, a list that takes longer to recite than the gestation period of an elephant.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
21 June 2025
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After a long gestation period, the sci-fi shooter reemerged at the Summer Game Fest alongside Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Resident Evil Requiem.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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