as in pregnancy
the state of containing unborn young within the body
the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days
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After 22 months—the typical elephant gestation period—an ice age mammoth should, at least theoretically, be born into the computer-age world.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
That included a ban on the sale of pork raised using gestation crates — tiny cages in which pregnant pigs are kept continually, barely given any room to move.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
Up to 39% of pregnant women experience pregnancy rhinitis, typically appearing between the 13th and 21st week of gestation.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Those who aren’t yet showing are awarded special medallions as proof of gestation.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
That included a ban on the sale of pork raised using gestation crates — tiny cages in which pregnant pigs are kept continually, barely given any room to move.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
Up to 39% of pregnant women experience pregnancy rhinitis, typically appearing between the 13th and 21st week of gestation.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Those who aren’t yet showing are awarded special medallions as proof of gestation.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Gestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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