paternity leave

noun

: time off from a job given to a father after a child is born

Examples of paternity leave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The government has been trying to fight the decline for more than a decade, with efforts accelerating in recent years as the full scale of the crisis became clear – doing everything from offering childbirth and housing subsidies to encouraging fathers to take paternity leave. —Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025

Instead of three days for paternity leave, Callihan was able to spend time with his family before and after Crew’s birth. —C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 19 June 2025

Dodgers Anticipating birth of first child, Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani goes on paternity leave April 18, 2025 The cheapest ticket all season, available only for a Wednesday afternoon game against the Miami Marlins, before school lets out: $38. —Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025

Maternity and paternity leave were also scrutinized. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025

Rhymes for paternity leave

• achieve
• believe
• conceive
• deceive
• naive
• perceive
• receive
• relieve
• reprieve
• retrieve
• breve
• cleave