maternity leave

noun

: time off from a job given a mother to take care of a newborn child
The company granted her maternity leave.

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Running Through Pregnancy and Beyond Sleightholm is set to return to work from maternity leave next week, but running has remained a constant. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 The stylist’s down-to-earth approach to fashion must have vibed with Kate Middleton at one point, as the princess employed her services during Archer’s maternity leave in 2019. Harriet Johnston, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2025 Physio Ash Pracy departs while head of women’s physio Amy Cranston is also taking maternity leave on a temporary basis. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 Alvarez took maternity leave and struggled with just one kid. Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for maternity leave

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“Maternity leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity%20leave. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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