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 doctor won’t discharge you from the maternity ward without a car seat.
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Lindsay Owens, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
These products are different from maternity belts, which look more like a girdle and are meant to be worn during pregnancy to take some weight off your bump.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 6 May 2025
Her approach to maternity style, now on full display during her third pregnancy, isn’t about soft-focus portraits or feigned vulnerability but strategy and precision.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
In addition, the brand has done events and collaborations with Hatch, a maternity brand, and Push, a pre- and postnatal-focused fitness studio in New Jersey.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
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Lindsay Owens, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
These products are different from maternity belts, which look more like a girdle and are meant to be worn during pregnancy to take some weight off your bump.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 6 May 2025
Her approach to maternity style, now on full display during her third pregnancy, isn’t about soft-focus portraits or feigned vulnerability but strategy and precision.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
In addition, the brand has done events and collaborations with Hatch, a maternity brand, and Push, a pre- and postnatal-focused fitness studio in New Jersey.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for maternity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternity
Noun
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The vehicle exploded outside American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic with a full-service IVF lab that did not perform abortions.—
Andres Triay,
CBS News,
4 June 2025
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Attacks continued in May with the apparent car bombing of a fertility clinic in California.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
4 June 2025
Noun
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It has also been indicated that overly rigid performance management systems can decrease productivity and innovation as employees become risk-averse and less collaborative.—
Robin Daniels,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Over time, those choices spread outward, dampening demand, slowing growth, and dragging down productivity more broadly.—
Catherine Baab,
Quartz,
3 June 2025
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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternity. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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