full-term
adjective
: retained in the uterus for the normal period of gestation before birth
a full-term newborn
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And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term.
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Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Embryos with cells that have either too many or too few chromosomes are less likely to result in full-term pregnancies, so PGT-A aims to identify them so clinicians can work with the strongest of the bunch.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Lynch was the only non-incumbent running for a full-term seat.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
This week, the Senate will consider the cabinet nominations of a Kennedy scion who has previously endorsed full-term abortions and of a surrogate for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign.
—Philip Klein, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
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Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Embryos with cells that have either too many or too few chromosomes are less likely to result in full-term pregnancies, so PGT-A aims to identify them so clinicians can work with the strongest of the bunch.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Lynch was the only non-incumbent running for a full-term seat.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
This week, the Senate will consider the cabinet nominations of a Kennedy scion who has previously endorsed full-term abortions and of a surrogate for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign.
—Philip Klein, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Full-term.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-term. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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