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gestation

[je-stay-shuhn] / dʒɛˈsteɪ ʃən /


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The biggest ideas have the longest timeframe and, perhaps, the greatest need for a lengthy debate in their gestation.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

As females grow larger to support reproduction and gestation, that potential benefit may become less important.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

It is used to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation in combination with the drug misoprostol, which stimulates contractions and softens the cervix, allowing tissue to expel.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

“So it has been a long gestation period,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

As a fat man, I walked with the foot soldiers so as not to jounce the gestation.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

“Potentially, those gestations that would have ended in fetal death in 2021 were born alive in 2022 and then died shortly after,” Ms. Gemmill said in an interview.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

The new report was a sub-analysis of a larger study that looked at 1,352 women who self-managed abortion at different stages of pregnancy, and the number with more advanced gestations was relatively small.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

For one, it works best with species that have big litters and short gestations, Quimon points out.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2021

The researchers who do this work say it would be impossible to use this technology with babies younger than about 21 weeks—and that pushing to earlier gestations is not their goal.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2020

On the other hand, I know of three well-authenticated instances of immunity in a sweeping epidemic of persons whose mothers had suffered attacks during the gestations which respectively resulted in their births.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various


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