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[eg] / ɛg /


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If you’re a wealthy celebrity who had the foresight to freeze your eggs—or who wants to use an egg donor—it’s an expensive but relatively simple route to parenthood.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the most important discoveries came from a recording made at the very beginning of development, immediately after the fertilized egg divided for the first time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Fertility drugs that are used to stimulate egg production for retrieval and freezing are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

If you want the best shot at a big retirement nest egg by 65, own a handful of good quality, well-diversified stock and bond funds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Whether a wing’d and feather’d Cicero might someday hatch from an egg was an intriguing question.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

A national study from the United States found that pregnancy rates for women over the age of 40 using donor eggs was pretty similar to rates at younger ages.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The large ensemble cast includes about 15 characters from different instalments of the video game series, and is packed with references and Easter eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s about a month before Holmes begins her prison sentence, and the disgraced Theranos CEO is the picture of domestic bliss, lightly beating a bowl of eggs in the kitchen of a rental home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The actor froze her eggs at age 37 and became pregnant with her twins a decade later, she recalled to Women’s Health in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

They’d catch the seabirds for their meat and gather eggs from their nests.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff


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