pregnancy
noun
the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
pregnancies
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pluralof pregnancy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To see if more women with ectopic pregnancies are experiencing severe health outcomes, ProPublica analyzed hospital data from Texas, the most populous state to ban abortion.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
There Steinem wrote one of the first mainstream media dispatches from the women’s movement, covering a 1969 abortion speak-out in Greenwich Village, where woman after woman shared stories of terminating pregnancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The triplets were conceived naturally, Passi said, which happens in only about about one out of 10,000 pregnancies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The woman was prescribed sodium valproate in the 90s for seizures, and was taking it during two of her four pregnancies.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Pregnancy is long, offspring per pregnancy are few, and there are long breaks between pregnancies.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
