as in pregnancy
the act or process of giving birth to children
women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs
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Recent Examples of childbirth
The expansion increases capacity from 12 beds to 45 beds — more than tripling inpatient surgical capacity for women living with severe childbirth injuries.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Child welfare agencies often relied on flawed drug tests administered at childbirth to report tens of thousands of new parents to law enforcement.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Endometriosis can cause pose major problems to the uterus and ovaries, as well as complicate menstruation and childbirth.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Being devalued after childbirth seems to be a near-universal experience for new parents, but especially mothers.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Child welfare agencies often relied on flawed drug tests administered at childbirth to report tens of thousands of new parents to law enforcement.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Endometriosis can cause pose major problems to the uterus and ovaries, as well as complicate menstruation and childbirth.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Being devalued after childbirth seems to be a near-universal experience for new parents, but especially mothers.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for childbirth
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Both Seago and O’Donnell described pregnancy centers as filling a gap in care for women who live in rural or otherwise underserved areas.—
Emily Brindley
Health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance officials announced Hesty’s pregnancy on Thursday and said the baby’s father, Jaya, will also be a first-time parent.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Cleghorn notes that many Minoan women died between the ages of twenty and twenty-five, indicating that childbearing was most likely the cause of death.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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But their efficient delivery of quality-of-life services still resonates with local Democratic Socialists seeking higher offices.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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On the Amazon side, the Teamsters’ ongoing back-and-forth has covered various arguments, such as allegations of unlawful contract terminations for workers at its delivery partners and whether the tech titan is a joint employer along with those partners.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Tuesday marks California's inaugural Farmworkers Day, which was formally approved last week to replace Cesar Chavez Day after serious allegations against the late labor leader came to light.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Two days later, labor leaders joined a handful of US lawmakers in a DC hotel ballroom to strategize how to fight back as AI threatens to displace workers and remake the global economy.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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One associate dean couched the misstep as a result of learning pains tied to the adoption of new technology.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tagovailoa, sporting a gray T-shirt and white ball cap, went through the pains and shortcomings of his past, his expectations for 2026 and the quarterback battle that awaits him in Flowery Branch.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Babylonian epic the Enuma Elish begins with an account of the gods in their generations not creating but emerging, through a kind of parturition, into a preexisting state of unbeing.… Subscribe or log in to continue reading.—
Jordan Castro,
Harper's Magazine,
9 Jan. 2024
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There is a sense that industry contraction, rather than killing creativity, may be forcing the business to sharpen its focus.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Besides causing building foundations to crack and roadways to heave, the expansion and contraction can cause pipes to disconnect, and the pipe couplings that an Atmos predecessor installed are not resistant to pulling out, the board found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Childbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childbirth. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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