baby bust

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a period of sharp decrease in the birthrate, as that in the U.S. after 1965.

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Origin of baby bust

1970–75, Americanism

OTHER WORDS FROM baby bust

baby buster, noun

Words nearby baby bust

Baby-bouncer, baby broccoli, baby broker, Baby Buggy, baby bump, baby bust, baby carriage, baby coach, baby daddy, baby doll, baby face

How to use baby bust in a sentence

Surely this baby bust will wane as we emerge into the light of what we hope will be a summer of optimism.
Finding New Optimism In Those Pandemic Babies|Susanna Schrobsdorff|May 30, 2021|Time
This compounded covid baby bust will no doubt further depress the US birthrate, already the lowest it’s been in over three decades.
What giving birth during a pandemic taught me about progress|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Nearly a year into this pandemic, the baby bust is only worsening.
What giving birth during a pandemic taught me about progress|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The pandemic is expected to produce a significant baby bust.
How Much Do We Really Care About Children? (Ep. 447)|Stephen J. Dubner|January 14, 2021|Freakonomics

How about baby drama with little Abijean and the Wee Baby Seamus?
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
She had carried the baby over to Juana's and left her there, that she might be free to serve the Father's supper.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
It is a fearsome thing for a man to be left alone in the dead of night with a young baby.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton