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Recent Examples of infertility
In an interview with People magazine at the time, Griffin opened up about her previous infertility struggles.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Commonly used medications for infertility, COPD, asthma, dermatitis, hot flashes and osteoporosis are also included.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Levich adds that surrogacy is not limited to heterosexual couples facing infertility.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Scientists had long known that depriving mice of vitamin A caused infertility; the challenge was finding a safe, targeted way of inhibiting it.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
In recent years thousands of studies have found the presence of tiny fragments of plastic, some smaller than a millionth of a meter, in the human body, which are reported to cause health problems from heart failure to infertility.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 14 Jan. 2026
This advancement opens a new way to understanding infertility, improving IVF success, and testing treatments in ways that weren’t possible before.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
The broad strokes have been well-known — the ticking of a woman’s biological clock increases risk of miscarriage and infertility, often caused by eggs with the wrong number of chromosomes, the structures that carry DNA.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Some fibroids could cause infertility or pregnancy loss.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Commonly used medications for infertility, COPD, asthma, dermatitis, hot flashes and osteoporosis are also included.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Levich adds that surrogacy is not limited to heterosexual couples facing infertility.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Scientists had long known that depriving mice of vitamin A caused infertility; the challenge was finding a safe, targeted way of inhibiting it.
—Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
In recent years thousands of studies have found the presence of tiny fragments of plastic, some smaller than a millionth of a meter, in the human body, which are reported to cause health problems from heart failure to infertility.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 14 Jan. 2026
This advancement opens a new way to understanding infertility, improving IVF success, and testing treatments in ways that weren’t possible before.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
The broad strokes have been well-known — the ticking of a woman’s biological clock increases risk of miscarriage and infertility, often caused by eggs with the wrong number of chromosomes, the structures that carry DNA.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Some fibroids could cause infertility or pregnancy loss.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infertility
barrenness
Noun
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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Infertility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertility. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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