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circumcision

[sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn] / ˌsɜr kəmˈsɪʒ ən /


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Who can blame the infant, even one so tender and mild, for squawking during his circumcision?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Earlier this month, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, accused the government of antisemitism for investigating mohels, specialists in ritual Jewish circumcision, who potentially lacked medical training required by the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Non-therapeutic circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of male babies and young children for religious or cultural reasons, rather than medical reasons.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

To summarize, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top federal healthcare official, conjured up a connection between circumcision and autism via a relationship between circumcision and Tylenol that is unsupported by the research he cited.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

The lodge was near the home of Banabakhe Blayi, the wealthiest and most popular boy at the circumcision school.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela