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an elephant's pregnancy can last almost a year
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The expectant mom announced her pregnancy during her late husband and brother-in-law Matthew's memorial service back in September.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
These definitions could have far-reaching implications for standard fertility practices, such as creating and storing multiple embryos to genetic testing and selective reduction in multiple pregnancies.
—Gemma Allen, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Kinda Pregnant is kind of a pregnancy movie that takes cues from raunchy motherhood rom-coms such as Knocked Up (2007) and Babes (2024).
—Madeline Fry Schultz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
As narrated by Austin and revealed in flashbacks, his parents’ courtship traveled an ultra-brief road from meet-cute to pregnancy, and Scott and Teresa didn’t so much fall in love as do the right thing.
—Sheri Linden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Erin Clack, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
These definitions could have far-reaching implications for standard fertility practices, such as creating and storing multiple embryos to genetic testing and selective reduction in multiple pregnancies.
—Gemma Allen, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Kinda Pregnant is kind of a pregnancy movie that takes cues from raunchy motherhood rom-coms such as Knocked Up (2007) and Babes (2024).
—Madeline Fry Schultz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
As narrated by Austin and revealed in flashbacks, his parents’ courtship traveled an ultra-brief road from meet-cute to pregnancy, and Scott and Teresa didn’t so much fall in love as do the right thing.
—Sheri Linden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Pregnancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnancy. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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pregnancy
noun
preg·nan·cy
ˈpreg-nən(t)-sē 
plural pregnancies
: the condition of being pregnant : gestation
Medical Definition
pregnancy
noun
preg·nan·cy
ˈpreg-nən-sē
plural pregnancies
1
: the condition of being pregnant
2
: an instance of being pregnant
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