gestate
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As female cicadas lay eggs that gestate for the next 13 or 17 years, it can cause short-term damage to some trees and shrubs.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024
It's surrogacy, or the practice in which someone with a uterus agrees to gestate and deliver a baby on the behalf of other parents.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
And with smaller indie venues unable to compete for big-name talent, they’re less likely to take chances on sparsely attended scenes that need time to gestate.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023
Chief among these hallmarks of placental mammals is the capacity to birth well-developed young, which gestate for a prolonged period inside the mother before being born in an advanced state.
From Scientific American • May 17, 2022
Is he not justified in the conclusion that the nerves do gestate and send forth all substances that are applied by nature in the construction of man?
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
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