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
The maternity concierge serves as a liaison, guiding expectant parents through the multifaceted stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, alleviating anxiety and stress while assisting families in navigating the journey.
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Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The new maternity ward, which was filled to the brim with boxes when the county took over operations, has six delivery rooms, 13 post-delivery rooms, four triage rooms and a six-bed neonatal intensive care unit.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Ukraine has long sought more air defense as Russia has heavily relied on drone and missile assaults to pound civilian targets, including residential buildings, schools as well as maternity and children’s hospitals, since the onslaught of the war.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Attacking a maternity hospital with a barrage of tear gas, after protesters had been chased inside.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The new maternity ward, which was filled to the brim with boxes when the county took over operations, has six delivery rooms, 13 post-delivery rooms, four triage rooms and a six-bed neonatal intensive care unit.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Ukraine has long sought more air defense as Russia has heavily relied on drone and missile assaults to pound civilian targets, including residential buildings, schools as well as maternity and children’s hospitals, since the onslaught of the war.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Attacking a maternity hospital with a barrage of tear gas, after protesters had been chased inside.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternity
Noun
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In addition to IUDs, the new device is poised to reduce pain across an array of fertility and gynecological procedures, including hysteroscopies, embryo transfers, intrauterine inseminations (IUI), fallopian tube patency assessments, and endometrial biopsies.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Succession star Sarah Snook steps into the shoes of a fertility doctor and single mother in this 2023 psychological horror.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Studies have also shown that high-skilled immigrants lead to more productivity without job displacement.—
Ben Zweig,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Anonymous sources told the outlet that while the glasses could increase driver productivity by freeing up hand space for workers to carry more packages, the company may have trouble developing a battery able to last an entire shift, which can be up to 10 hours.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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