childbearing
Example Sentences
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Delayed childbearing typically translates into fewer children per woman.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beginning childbearing at 35 instead of at 27 leaves fewer years to decide to have additional children if one desires—this drives birth rate declines, too.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“This is because parental leave policies are associated with an increase in leave-taking and childbearing, which leads to lost labor or increased health care costs for companies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
At the same Tipping Point, the rates of childbearing for teenaged girls — which barely move at all up to that point — nearly double.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
