as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body
the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days
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Recent Examples of gestation
The medicines could be mailed or picked up at pharmacies and taken at home to end pregnancy up to 10 weeks of gestation.
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Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2026
After a 278-day gestation period, the roan mother will give birth to a bluebuck calf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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
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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Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2026
After a 278-day gestation period, the roan mother will give birth to a bluebuck calf.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestation
pregnancy
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Set to shoot in Canada in 2027, the film stars Lutz as Genie, a professional runner whose life is shattered by an unwanted pregnancy and later transformed by a catastrophic accident that leaves her without both legs.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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More recently, Hoeg was involved in the agency’s review of a formal petition to add bold new warnings to antidepressant drugs about unproven pregnancy risks, including fetal abnormalities that could lead to autism and other disorders.—
Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Gestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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