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
My husband and I have dealt with infertility for about five years now; it’s something that about 10 percent of women in the U.S. of child bearing age struggle with as well.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 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
But now Zika is moving to NEW areas, where none of women of child bearing have had it.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2016
On the head of the ship in the front, which mariners call the prow, there was a brazen child bearing an arrow with a bended bow.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
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