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birth pang

noun

Definition of birth pang

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Recent Examples of birth pang Because the ending of what feels like the end of the world is actually just the birth pangs of a new creation. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 Such monstrosities, we were told, were merely the birth pangs of a new and mostly peaceful nation. — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 The new Germany couldn’t tell its birth pangs from its death rattles. — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024 And the Affordable Care Act, for all of its birth pangs and flaws and the Republican efforts to repeal it, remains the law of the land. — Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 His knack for conveying compositional struggle ingeniously reflects his theme — a nation’s birth pangs. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020

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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher announced Friday that Moore died from complications of cardiac dysrhythmia with premature ventricular contractions, a condition involving an abnormal heart rhythm.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Anxiety over supply contractions in the Gulf of Mexico rapidly transmitted to energy markets, with international crude oil futures closing sharply higher in overnight trading.

— , CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of contraction

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Additionally, Devitt argues that even if an AI agent helps a shopper discover a product, Amazon can still handle the purchase and delivery, keeping much of the transaction value.

— , CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, gives birth to her third child.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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Contraception is critical to helping adolescent girls avoid unintended pregnancies and the risks of childbirth, particularly given Africa’s high maternal mortality rates, experts say.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
The 44-year-old also thanked her medical team, while mentioning a challenging childbirth experience.

— Anna Halkidis, Parents, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of childbirth

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Beyond baby, this walking pad has been a lifesaver throughout my pregnancy so far, and the same goes for these face masks from Biodance.

— Irina Grechko, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Twenty years after an affair and unconfirmed pregnancy, Michael discovers Renee’s son is dating his daughter.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pregnancy

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But Steinem lived to see the rise of a powerful backlash against her vision of feminism, with reproductive rights, motherhood, childbearing and gender roles once again at the center of the country's culture wars.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Not least because the hips—or rather, a wide pelvis—are considered a symbol of femininity, fertility, and childbearing capacity, both from a cultural-historical and an evolutionary-biology perspective.

— Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026

Definition of childbearing

Noun

This pattern spans over a decade, indicating a remarkable fidelity to the Ashburton River and its surrounding creeks as critical parturition sites.

— Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
His mother paced the spacious birthing stall, working off the pains of parturition, with half the placenta, neatly tied up by an attending stable hand, still hanging out of her.

— William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021

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