caregiving

noun

as in motherhood

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Recent Examples of caregiving Retirement, caregiving, changes in independence, disability, relationships or questions about what comes next can all be reasons to seek support. — Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 How could this fit into my work, caregiving, travel and daily life? — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 9 Sep. 2026 And some disabled people have had their caregiving slashed by new algorithmic assessments. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 Researchers found about 341,000 mothers left the workforce between July of 2025 and July of 2026, and caregiving was cited as an important factor. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Even those who do long-distance caregiving can experience burnout and self-neglect. — Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 This frees her to focus on crucial human skills such as customer understanding, trust-building, and strategic decision-making, especially vital for balancing her demanding career with family responsibilities and caregiving. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Rather, the act of caregiving is a biologically adaptive process. — Nishant Pandya, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, after hearing from staff who were struggling to care for aging parents, the committee partnered with Homewatch Caregivers to create a firmwide webinar on caregiving, caregiver burnout and when to engage outside support. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
  1. motherhood
  2. caretaking
  3. mothering
  4. maternity
Noun
  • The late Caro’s documentary feature follows Fresia, a young Mapuche woman from Alto Biobío who must leave her community to give birth in the city, navigating motherhood between two worlds.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • And, though the experience of severe mental illness and motherhood remain almost invisible in popular discussion, more than 100,000 women with severe mental illnesses have children every year in the United States.
    — Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of motherhood
Noun
  • Many of the experts surveyed noted that, along with healthcare and economic headwinds, there is an undue caretaking burden placed on women, as well as insufficient services and protections for women of color and LGBTQIA+ women.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • New York State is making roughly 900 ElliQ devices available to help older people in need of caretaking.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of caretaking
Noun
  • The cultural ascendance of intensive mothering, in which mothers are deemed entirely responsible for their children’s well-being and success, has upped the ante.
    — Marianne Cooper, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • To make their point perfectly clear, women are sharing photos of themselves breastfeeding in front of Old Masters paintings in museums that depict the very same mothering act.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of mothering
Noun
  • Co-writers Lustig and Roth were born in the same Toronto maternity ward on either side of midnight and grew up together at summer camp and have been best friends for decades.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The attack on Kyiv damaged more than 50 civilian sites, including apartment blocks, post offices, a maternity hospital and a textile plant, Vyhivskyi, the interior minister, said.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of maternity

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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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