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
Georgia averages about 30 maternal deaths per 100,000 births for complications of pregnancy or childbirth, according to the 2025 March of Dimes’ Georgia report card.
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Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Hormonal birth control is a pregnancy prevention method using synthetic hormones to regulate the menstrual cycle and stop ovulation.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Style was often paused or reshaped into something purely functional during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
—Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Now, a group of researchers has published the best evidence to date on links between both parents’ antidepressant use before and during pregnancy, and autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in their children.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
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Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Hormonal birth control is a pregnancy prevention method using synthetic hormones to regulate the menstrual cycle and stop ovulation.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Style was often paused or reshaped into something purely functional during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
—Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Now, a group of researchers has published the best evidence to date on links between both parents’ antidepressant use before and during pregnancy, and autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in their children.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pregnancy
gestation
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About 1,000 mg of iron is required during gestation and the postpartum period to support fetal growth and development and an increase in maternal blood volume.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2026
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In 2007 researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute reportedly spotted a wild Graneledone boreopacifica octopus off the coast of California who went on to stay with her eggs for a record-breaking four-plus years—an even longer gestation than that of the alpine salamander.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pregnancy. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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