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
No one is believed to have been killed in the maternity hospital strike.
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Chris wore a simple navy blue polo shirt and khaki shorts combo, while Alexa showed off her growing bump in a white and blue floral dress — along with an Olympic logo necklace to complete her maternity style.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 11 July 2025
The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
The services offered through maternity wards also tend to see low reimbursement rates, unlike cardiac care, orthopedic surgery and other specialized services.
—Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Chris wore a simple navy blue polo shirt and khaki shorts combo, while Alexa showed off her growing bump in a white and blue floral dress — along with an Olympic logo necklace to complete her maternity style.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 11 July 2025
The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
The services offered through maternity wards also tend to see low reimbursement rates, unlike cardiac care, orthopedic surgery and other specialized services.
—Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maternity
Noun
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State of Global Fertility A map provided by Statista showing World Bank figures for the fertility rate by country in 2023.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Gallup opinion polling has found that Americans’ ideal number of children per family has averaged about 2.5 since the late 1970s, even as the actual fertility rate has fallen much lower.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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 30 Jul. 2025.
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