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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With a gestation period of only about 20 days, mice can reproduce incredibly quickly, and many of the females arrived already pregnant.
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Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Some babies can survive with medical help after 21 weeks of gestation.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
For instance, even among the cohort born into a world without rationing, people who spent at least part of their gestation period under restrictions had a 15% lower lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
This created hardship because the gestation period of film and TV development projects can stretch nine months or nine years, or longer.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Some babies can survive with medical help after 21 weeks of gestation.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
For instance, even among the cohort born into a world without rationing, people who spent at least part of their gestation period under restrictions had a 15% lower lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
This created hardship because the gestation period of film and TV development projects can stretch nine months or nine years, or longer.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Gestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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