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
Like their sea horse cousins, male sea dragons gestate a female’s fertilized eggs in a pouch.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022
We're fighting for time—time for Charlie and his gang to crack the puzzle, time for the Grdznth girls to gestate.
From PRoblem by Nourse, Alan Edward
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