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childbirths

noun

plural of childbirth

as in pregnancies

the act or process of giving birth to children women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs

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Recent Examples of childbirths The human neurons suffered severe, selective damage, mimicking the cellular breakdown that causes cerebral palsy in human infants during difficult childbirths. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 Congo's has among the world's highest rates of both childbirths per woman and deaths around childbirth. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Many women may not be aware at all that private details of their childbirths were shared with law enforcement. — Shoshana Walter, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 In some Michigan counties, Medicaid covers more than half of all childbirths. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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deliveries

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Boeing expects customer deliveries to begin in the coming months.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
This is where teams build the products, where schedules succeed or fail, where quality gets established, where margins can disappear and where customer commitments ultimately become either deliveries or delays.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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