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Maternity and Parts of Speech
Maternity is used as both a noun and an adjective. Maternity benefits are benefits specially provided by employers for women having babies, and usually include maternity leave, time off work. With maternity come maternal feelings, which are shown by all species of warm-blooded animals as well as a few reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators.
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Examples of maternity in a Sentence
Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
After a chic bump-baring pregnancy, featuring countless maternity fashion hits, the 32-year-old singer and actor (who will be playing Coachella in a few weeks) is now being transparent about what postpartum life is really like.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2024
Can the power of friendship conquer the insanity of maternity?
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
Short-term plans don't offer the same protections as Affordable Care Act plans, which require insurers to cover a range of standard benefits such as emergency, maternity and mental health care.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
In the 1980s, Norton Healthcare saw a need for women's health services and opened a pavilion focused on women's health and maternity.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
The documentary includes scenes from the aftermath of an attack on a maternity hospital.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Many employers in recent years have expanded their maternity benefits to cover services like doulas or midwives who improve health outcomes for pregnant people.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Hatch Hatch-to-Hospital Box $248 Prepare a hospital bag with a box that provides comfy maternity essentials for the hospital stay and beyond.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
Here’s a taste of her maternity style—which is pretty much the same as her non-maternity style.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2020
Handbooks often include baby announcements, guidance mid and post-maternity leave communication, a comprehensive list of return-to-work options, mother’s rooms, and additional benefits and resources available.
—Christine Michel Carter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Rather, the pregnant singer pulled another sensational non-maternity look out of the bag for a Fenty Beauty launch in LA.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2022
There are plenty of non-maternity options in flowy silhouettes that work just as well.
—Vogue, 1 Oct. 2021
Some of the young and their mothers continue to follow the trail of blooms to a post-maternity cave in the southwestern corner of New Mexico.
—Janet Marinelli, Wired, 19 Feb. 2022
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“Maternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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