childbearing
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of childbearing
A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at child, bearing
Example Sentences
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By the late 1970s, one in two Greenlandic women of childbearing age -- at least 4,070 women -- had been fitted with an IUD, according to an investigation presented in September 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Core to the new guidance is the idea that teenagers should start planning childbearing ASAP.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Of all the conditions that make childbearing seem possible, one is the most deceptively simple: increasing the number of men who would make good fathers.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
It estimates the average number of children a woman would have if she lived through her childbearing years experiencing current rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
No one knows for sure, but local doctors think that as many as 30 percent of all men and women of childbearing age who live in the vicinity of Mount Elgon are infected with hiv.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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