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expectant

[ik-spek-tuhnt] / ɪkˈspɛk tənt /


ADJECTIVE
preparing to give birth
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The expectant parents married in April 2024, a year after Kaplan — whose producing credits include Netflix’s “To All the Boys” film series — popped the question.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Trump administration launched the website moms.gov, presenting it as an effort to provide resources for new and expectant mothers.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Kimmel had told a joke last week about how Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.”

From Slate • May 2, 2026

On Kimmel’s April 23 show, the host presented a mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech where he joked that the first lady had “a glow like an expectant widow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Receiving an affirmative nod, the prisoner’s spiritual adviser stepped into an adjacent room, which was crowded with expectant policemen, and elatedly issued an invitation: “Come on in. The boy’s ready to make a statement.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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