as in confinement
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Noun
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Before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The smuggling operations also can cause psychological distress and confinement in small spaces, which can cause injury and even death.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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The expectant mom announced her pregnancy during her late husband and brother-in-law Matthew's memorial service back in September.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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These definitions could have far-reaching implications for standard fertility practices, such as creating and storing multiple embryos to genetic testing and selective reduction in multiple pregnancies.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Identifying Fetal Demise The standard of care for second-trimester miscarriage or rupture of membranes prior to fetal viability is to offer patients a dilation and evacuation or an induction to end the pregnancy — even if there is still a fetal heartbeat.—
Andrea Suozzo,
ProPublica,
20 Feb. 2025
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On the Wednesday, Jan. 29 episode of The Viall Files podcast, which Joy and Viall cohost together, the couple shared that Joy was actively experiencing a miscarriage.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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