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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parturient
Adjective
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Gray recently gave birth to a son after receiving prenatal care at Erie.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025 -
The region also has the highest percentage of births in which the mothers received inadequate prenatal care.—
Elizabeth Cohen,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Another passenger warns her, conveniently, that pregnant women are returned to their countries of origin and so Alex sobs through each doctor’s inspection, worried that all this pain — this loss of dignity — is for nothing.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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In his lap is Benjamin, the young son of his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), whose wife Maria (Rutina Wesley) was pregnant in Season 1.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2017
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Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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Breastfeeding Happy Hour support group: Hosted by the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County for expectant and new moms.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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When it was discovered that estrogen could be supplied not just by expectant women but by expectant horses, commercial production of the hormone took off.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Parturient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parturient. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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