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gestation

[je-stay-shuhn] / dʒɛˈsteɪ ʃən /


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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Mifepristone, which prevents pregnancy progression, and misoprostol, which empties the uterus, are approved to terminate a pregnancy up to 70 days of gestation in the United States.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The company says its product, which works solely with bovine breath samples, has detected gestation with 94% accuracy in lab tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

“Did you know that bovines have a typical gestation period of approximately two hundred and eighty-three days?”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“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

But we don’t know how those powers, or the rules of the “town” where Wanda and Vision are apparently trapped, affected the gestations of their children.

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2021

With one thousand and thirty one cows, whose gestations were carefully observed in France, the average period was about two hundred and eighty-five days.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings




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