contraceptive
adjective
tending or serving to prevent conception or impregnation.
contraceptives
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pluralof contraceptive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For Bayer, the deal comes after the German agricultural-and-pharmaceutical group completed the sale of a minority stake in its long-acting reversible contraceptives business to Apollo for around 3 billion euros earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The long-acting contraceptives business focuses on methods that prevent pregnancy for a long period of time, such as the intrauterine device, according to Bayer’s website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
More than 100 million women worldwide now use oral contraceptives daily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Currently there are no hormonal contraceptives for men although some gels and pills are being tested.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
—Gethenians tend to have their children young; most of them, after the age of twenty-four or so, use contraceptives, and they cease to be fertile in the female phase at about forty.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
