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childbearing

[chahyld-bair-ing] / ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
able to have children
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By the late 1970s, one in two Greenlandic women of childbearing age -- at least 4,070 women -- had been fitted with an IUD, according to an investigation presented in September 2025.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Core to the new guidance is the idea that teenagers should start planning childbearing ASAP.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 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

As childbearing shifts toward women 30 and older, the U.S. is moving further below the level needed to keep growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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


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