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Recent Examples of paternity
The result likely will be a minor detail when Ward tells the story years from now about getting the call after first baseman Freddie Freeman was placed on the paternity list.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
Rasmussen’s stay on the paternity list ended Friday so the Rays shifted him to the family medical emergency list Saturday to buy an additional day.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
Employers are now also obliged to provide maternity, paternity and paid sick leave from the moment an employee joins.
—Ian King, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
The Court of Appeals ruled that legal paternity rights are only granted to a genetic father.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
Rasmussen’s stay on the paternity list ended Friday so the Rays shifted him to the family medical emergency list Saturday to buy an additional day.
—John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
Employers are now also obliged to provide maternity, paternity and paid sick leave from the moment an employee joins.
—Ian King, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
The Court of Appeals ruled that legal paternity rights are only granted to a genetic father.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paternity
Noun
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The actor spoke with PEOPLE in 2023 about balancing fatherhood and his many career pursuits.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Josh Allen Finds a New Gear Allen didn’t mince words about how fatherhood is reshaping his approach to the game.—
Ryan Brennan
April 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Employers are now also obliged to provide maternity, paternity and paid sick leave from the moment an employee joins.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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To survive, hospitals have cut expensive services like maternity care, pediatric critical care and chemotherapy.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Apr. 2026
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The findings suggest silk’s impacts are concentrated earlier in the supply chain than previously assumed—particularly in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Being taught society’s standard eating rituals, so as not to disgust others by violating them, was certainly a useful part of ordinary child-rearing.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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The cookbook features 85 from-scratch recipes, drawing subtle influence from her multicultural upbringing.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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The prosecutor said Mann would testify about Weinstein’s intense interest in her upbringing, asking her questions about growing up poor in a dairy farm town in Washington State, and being raised by an evangelical family that at times lived in a mobile home.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Paternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paternity. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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