as in fruitfulness
motherly character or qualities
she had such maternity at such a young age that all her classmates went to her for comfort
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Recent Examples of maternity
Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.
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ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, Meghan's formal maternity wear was as chic as the rest of her royal outfits.
—Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
An Israeli airstrike hit the building housing their music school, along with several other businesses including a maternity clinic, on March 23.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
That being said, Taylor also tells PEOPLE that maternity wear is sometimes needed, in her opinion.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Unsurprisingly, Meghan's formal maternity wear was as chic as the rest of her royal outfits.
—Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
An Israeli airstrike hit the building housing their music school, along with several other businesses including a maternity clinic, on March 23.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
That being said, Taylor also tells PEOPLE that maternity wear is sometimes needed, in her opinion.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternity
Noun
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Controlling teen fertility should not be a public health and policy goal.—
Riley J. Steiner,
STAT,
20 Apr. 2026
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Some of them are old systems of knowledge, ways of relating the body to fertility, death, and survival.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Organizations that treat the stare as an HR curiosity rather than a strategic signal are, in effect, choosing to absorb the productivity penalty rather than address its cause.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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The setup favors pleasure over productivity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternity. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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