baby bust

noun

: a marked decline in birth rate
baby buster noun

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Thanks to both the one-child policy that was ruthlessly enforced for decades and the unexpected baby bust since the program was suspended nearly ten years ago, China’s military will perforce be manned in large part by young people who were raised without siblings. Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Technically, the present baby bust in America and elsewhere did not begin with the Great Recession but resumed. Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024 With another baby bust during the Covid-19 pandemic, the following generation will likely be even smaller. Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024 How to keep pets cool this summer Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust Can chess games and toilet paper change prison culture? Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for baby bust 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of baby bust was in 1966

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“Baby bust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20bust. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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