How to Use gestation in a Sentence
gestation
noun- The book has been in gestation for a long time.
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Most theater pieces benefit from more time in gestation; this one maybe had too long.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021
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At the same time, the riskiest abortions are late-term, after 20 weeks of gestation.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
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Shark pups like the ones found in the bay are usually born up to 12 months after gestation, and a litter can have up to 30 sharks.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Nov. 2021
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If all goes well, four chambers and valves will form by the ninth or 10th week of pregnancy, and the heart will continue developing throughout gestation.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
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More than 90 percent of women who seek the procedure in the U.S. do so within the first 13 weeks of gestation.
—Mariana Lenharo, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
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The viability standard is now considered to be from 22 to 24 weeks of gestation.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 2 Dec. 2021
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According to one study, once an ultrasound has confirmed an unborn child’s heartbeat at eight weeks’ gestation, the risk of miscarriage is only 3 percent.
—Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 14 Feb. 2022
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More than 90 percent of abortions in the U.S. occur at or before 13 weeks of gestation, and most do so much earlier.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2021
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Although Campbell would like to provide abortions up to 20 weeks gestation, the state’s legal limit, the clinic has stopped at 18 weeks for now.
—Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
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Under current laws, abortions in South Dakota are unlawful after 22 weeks of gestation.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
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At about 22 months, the African elephant has the longest gestation period of any living mammal, and gives birth approximately every four years.
—Reuters, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
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Dobbs is nominally about a Mississippi law that bans abortions in almost all circumstances after 15 weeks of gestation.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021
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The drugs are approved for use by the FDA up to 10 weeks of gestation.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
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All those projects are in the very early stages of gestation.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2022
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The top new entry on the latest frame has had a 12-year gestation.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2023
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That’s because the brain and spine begin to form within the first four weeks of gestation.
—Ana B. Ibarra, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
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Compared to the mad days of their gestation there are no mysteries of shock and awe, no strut and spunk.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
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About half are with a pill, which can be taken up to 12 weeks gestation, and most are done at 15 weeks or less.
—Bob Christie, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
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The gestation of an elephant is nearly two years and that of a building even longer.
—Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
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Vets can count the fetuses with X-rays over 45 days of gestation.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
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The telltale sign of La Niña's gestation is the spear of green that elongates and widens toward the west from the coast of South America.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2024
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The gestation of the project goes back over a decade starting with a 2012 crowdfunding effort.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
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The youngest of the zoo's herd of five, Zahara is 15 months into a 22-month gestation period, the zoo announced last week.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
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Eighty-nine percent of the procedures were performed in the first 12 weeks of gestation.
—Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
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McDonald's first promised in 2012 to phase out the use of the crates, also known as gestation stalls, for pregnant sows.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
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The fetuses in the new research were at 32 to 36 weeks’ gestation, researchers said.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
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The gestation period of a gray squirrel is about 40 days.
—Kelly McMasters, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2023
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Zahara, the youngest of the herd of five, is 15 months into a 22-month gestation period and is doing well, the zoo announced.
—The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
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Females give birth to a single calf after a gestation period of about 13 months.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2024
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