gestate

Example Sentences

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“This is the continuation of a long gestating effort to remove this sheriff from office.”

From Seattle Times

SZA also decided that, to fully gestate “SOS,” she needed to shed her dependencies.

From Los Angeles Times

Chief among these hallmarks of placental mammals is the capacity to birth well-developed young, which gestate for a prolonged period inside the mother before being born in an advanced state.

From Scientific American

In the library, Anne peers at a medical-book illustration of a gestating woman; later, she takes knitting needles from her mother.

From New York Times

Although Mr. Johnson began his yearlong residency in January, some of his projects are still gestating.

From New York Times