menstruate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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- unmenstruating adjective
Etymology
Origin of menstruate
1640–50; v. use of earlier menstruate menstruous, Middle English < Late Latin mēnstruātus, equivalent to mēnstru ( a ) monthly courses ( menstrual ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The temple bars women of menstruating age and was ordered by the Supreme Court to end this discrimination.
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This involved the removal of the 15-year-old's clothing including underwear, her bending over and having to expose intimate parts of her body while she was menstruating, the panel has heard.
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On Tuesday, the panel was told the examination exposed Child Q's intimate parts and that she was menstruating at the time - which she had explained to the officers.
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Child Q was menstruating at the time, as she told the two officers who searched her, but they nevertheless proceeded with the search.
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Holly added there was "massive inequality" for menstruating students, who sometimes had to detour to the school office to get period products.
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