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  • verb Present participle of gestate.

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Examples

  • I think this Tea Party movement was "gestating" during George W. Bush's presidency, he was picked over Al Gore because he was seen by voters as having a common touch, he didn't talk down to people, unlike Gore and Obama seems to do today.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2010

  • And The Sing-Off was this little gem gestating in December, and it saw growth last year despite no promotion and no marketing.

    NBC Chief Robert Greenblatt Explains His New Fall Schedule 2011

  • Every womb desires to give birth by receiving and gestating a particular energy; yet the way a woman specifically utilizes her creative energy is a matter of personal intention.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Like a painter who has to keep fiddling with her painting, a woman keeps gestating her creations rather than finishing one creative cycle and then moving on to the next.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • A spiritual teacher may receive a divine energy, gestating rituals for celebrating the sacred.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • The script to "White Irish Drinkers," an alternately sentimental and harrowing coming-of-age saga that opens in the city on March 25, has, he said, been gestating for more than a decade.

    Channeling Bay Ridge Past Bruce Bennett 2011

  • Or the equivalent time off with the same benefits as your gestating or adopting colleagues?

    If you don’t have a baby… « Dating Jesus 2009

  • Uterine energy is vigorous and robust whether it is used for gestating a child or for other creative ventures.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Or the equivalent time off with the same benefits as your gestating or adopting colleagues?

    17 « October « 2009 « Dating Jesus 2009

  • What are you presently holding or gestating in your life?

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

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