How to Use menopause in a Sentence

menopause

noun
  • Age 45 is the age of 'perimenopause', not flat out menopause.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Watts launched her menopause wellness brand Stripes in 2022.
    Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Well, now my wife is going through menopause, and WOW, this is a whole new beast.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Granted, menopause wasn’t as bad as, say, the chance of the cancer coming back.
    Beth Dreher, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2022
  • This is one of the most serious issues for women in the menopause stage.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • When estrogen dips in menopause, the skin feels the impact.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The side effects of AIs are similar to menopause, D’Abreo said.
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Samantha is now single and trying to fight the changes that come with menopause.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • And even in an election year, Berry said, the matter of menopause is one that shouldn’t be politicized.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Okay, so what's the etiquette for sending a menopause greeting card?
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And menopause marks an essential time for women to check in on their health.
    Time, 21 Sep. 2022
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, the menopause is the time that marks the end of your menstrual cycles.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Others start menopause as early as 35 or as late as 60.
    Korin Miller, Health, 19 May 2024
  • Whale species that go through menopause live, on average, four decades longer than those that don’t.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, some of the symptoms are similar to female menopause.
    Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Subjects at the open mic range from bias against lesbians to Asian hate to the indignities of menopause.
    Rong Xiaoqing, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
  • These women had given birth, aged, or gone through menopause.
    Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Some people are turning to cannabis to ease menopause symptoms.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Gone are the days when women had to navigate menopause in silence.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But is menopause really to blame for women’s midlife weight gain?
    Andrea Kane, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Outside of humans, orcas are among a handful of species – all of which are whales – that go through menopause.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Of the symptoms across the menopause journey – perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause – hot flashes are one of the most common.
    Eva Epker, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Perimenopause refers to the time in which the body is making the natural transition to menopause.
    Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 8 June 2023
  • Perimenopause refers to the time in which the body is making the natural transition to menopause.
    Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 8 June 2023
  • Many healthcare providers aren’t prepared to talk about menopause, either.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The risk of fast-growing cancers is greatest before menopause.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • That’s roughly how many women in the US enter menopause every year.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And then there’s perimenopause, or the years leading up to menopause, which might start anywhere between your mid-30s to mid-50s.
    Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 22 June 2022
  • Some go on the pill during menopause to try and stave off the effects of plummeting estrogen.
    Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2021
  • And for women, the question of reproductive health, family planning and what menopause will bring only adds to the stress about what the future holds.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2024

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