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
Consider hiring a photographer at your destination to capture family and maternity photos to help cherish the trip for years to come.
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Danielle Owen, Parents, 31 July 2025
Your favorite stars have also used them as maternity essentials like Bieber.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Ranger organizations and governments must now not only invest in recruitment, but also in retention, offering maternity support, secure housing, leadership development and equal pay.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Advent Health Shawnee Mission, Merriam The Merriam hospital was considered high performing in 12 procedures and conditions, like colon cancer surgery and maternity care in uncomplicated pregnancies.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
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Danielle Owen, Parents, 31 July 2025
Your favorite stars have also used them as maternity essentials like Bieber.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Ranger organizations and governments must now not only invest in recruitment, but also in retention, offering maternity support, secure housing, leadership development and equal pay.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Advent Health Shawnee Mission, Merriam The Merriam hospital was considered high performing in 12 procedures and conditions, like colon cancer surgery and maternity care in uncomplicated pregnancies.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternity
Noun
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Some of the same countries now worried about low fertility were pushing families to have fewer children just a few decades ago.—
Stephanie Psaki,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
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Tennis, the first sport to facilitate fertility treatment for athletes in this way, is no stranger to having mothers on tour, including four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka, world No. 13 Elina Svitolina and No. 19 Belinda Bencic.—
Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Klarna has aggressively leveraged AI to boost productivity performance.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Ford says the assembly process will be completed with a time savings of 40% and a throughput productivity improvement of 15%.—
James Rogan,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternity. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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