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Additional risks include low birth weight, birth via Caesarian section, maternal obesity, and even parental age older than 40.
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Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
No one feels secure in the maternal pact Morticia made with Francoise.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Caterina Volpicelli, from his maternal grandmother’s side, founded the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Naples.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Review of the mitochondrial DNA confirmed that the individual was male and suggested a maternal lineage associated with local hunter-gatherers, descended from humans who were among the earliest to migrate into the region.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
No one feels secure in the maternal pact Morticia made with Francoise.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Caterina Volpicelli, from his maternal grandmother’s side, founded the Maids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Naples.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Review of the mitochondrial DNA confirmed that the individual was male and suggested a maternal lineage associated with local hunter-gatherers, descended from humans who were among the earliest to migrate into the region.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternal
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In its post announcing the upcoming roll out of parental controls, OpenAI also shared plans to route sensitive inquiries to a model of their chatbot that spends a longer time reasoning and looking through context before responding to prompts.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Key Facts Roblox’s chief safety officer Matt Kaufman said in a news release Wednesday the gaming platform will roll out its age estimation feature to all users by the end of this year, which measures a user’s age through facial age estimation technology, ID verification and parental consent.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Just like Sandy does, Bieber offset the biker jacket with more feminine pieces, like a pair of heeled mules and some itty-bitty micro shorts that further emphasized the leg.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2025
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The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Maternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternal. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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