Example Sentences

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Yet the reasons for allegedly elective hysterectomies, no matter how solid, are often met with resistance.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Some of the most common procedures involving robotics include appendectomies, hysterectomies, and gastric bypasses.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

An extreme yet common consequence of this financial entrapment is hysterectomies.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Several other middle-aged and older women from the village described similar injuries leading to hysterectomies.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides