gestate

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If “The Moment” had more time to gestate, it would likely be a much sharper and shocking satire.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

New work takes time to gestate, and already this play has left a haunting mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Sheep typically gestate for about 5 months; the lambs that the researchers used were the equivalent of a human fetus at 23 weeks of gestation.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2023

“Even if we got it genetically perfect, we are still going to have to gestate it in a different species, so why would you think it would be exactly the same?”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2022

Is he not justified in the conclusion that the nerves do gestate and send forth all substances that are applied by nature in the construction of man?

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)