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 In honor of Faith's attempt and impact on young girls around the world, Nike announced that the brand is building a maternity ward in Kenya near Nakuru County. Monique Wilson, Glamour, 2 July 2025 The guilt of leaving In South Carolina, 13% of the state’s counties are classified as maternity care deserts, and 15 counties have no ob-gyns per 10,000 women. Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 June 2025 Several years of renovation were needed to bring back to its former glory this 17th- and 18th-century building, which had been a maternity ward then a hospital in the second half of the 20th century. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025 At Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, the maternity ward was relocated underground after a siren interrupted a birth just as the baby’s head was crowning, The Times of London reported. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for maternity
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Noun
  • The data are stark: in 2024, China’s total fertility rate stood at approximately 1.1, roughly half the 2.1 replacement level required for population stability.
    Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • The global fertility rate in 2024 was 2.2 births per woman on average, marking a record low, according to new research from the United Nations.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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  • The Case for Frontier Technologies Industrial operations have long relied on innovations such as robotics and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) to drive productivity and efficiency.
    Richard Howells, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The case of the software developers’ hampered productivity points to this need for critical thought on when AI tools are implemented, Humlum said.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 July 2025

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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternity. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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