child-bearing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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About 26.5 million women of child bearing age live in those states.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
One in every 20 employees in Hong Kong is a migrant worker, and most of these are women of child bearing age.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019
About 72,000 American women of child bearing age have bariatric surgery annually, said Dr. John Morton, a Stanford University surgeon and president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2015
Q. Accidental Deliberate Pregnancy: My son and his wife always wanted children, but they kept delaying child bearing each year because of various reasons.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2014
One day a child, bearing in her hand one of its blossoms, wandered to the ground where once arose the tall trees.
From Allegories of Life by Adams, J. S., Mrs.
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