as in pregnancy
the act or process of giving birth to children
women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs
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Recent Examples of childbirth
In some Michigan counties, Medicaid covers more than half of all childbirths.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hailey died from childbirth complications moments after welcoming the couple’s first baby.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Turlington founded Every Mother Counts in 2010, after experiencing her own complications with childbirth.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Maternal trauma from car crashes is one of the leading causes of death for pregnant women outside of childbirth, and injuries to unborn babies in these crashes are more common than most people realize.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hailey died from childbirth complications moments after welcoming the couple’s first baby.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Turlington founded Every Mother Counts in 2010, after experiencing her own complications with childbirth.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Maternal trauma from car crashes is one of the leading causes of death for pregnant women outside of childbirth, and injuries to unborn babies in these crashes are more common than most people realize.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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Risks of marijuana in pregnancy After a pregnant woman uses marijuana in any form, the cannabis crosses into the fetus.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Although pregnancy has traditionally been considered a risk for COVID infection, Kennedy has since stated that healthy pregnant females would not qualify to get the shot.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet, Gui uncovers an intimate connection with the evil spirit, which embodies Yishui’s deepest pain about childbearing.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Helping people achieve their childbearing goals means coming up with holistic solutions that improve people's lives, such as making housing more affordable and tackling student loan debt.—
Karen Benjamin Guzzo,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The submarine is now scheduled for delivery at the end of 2028.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Here's what to know about Target's next-day delivery expansion.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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The reduction of labor costs via automation, efficiency gains, and increasing digital goods and services would all serve to push prices down.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Developers face rising costs, labor shortages, and supply constraints.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the new Terminal 1 has several stores that take great pains to include local flair.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie is, in part, about the labor pains of its creator, the screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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At a time when America’s film and television industry is still struggling due to globalization and industry contraction, further unnecessary job losses only make a bad situation worse.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Formed the same way that all stellar and planetary systems form, our own Solar System formed from the contraction of a molecular cloud that triggered new star formation, giving rise to the Earth, the Sun, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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