maternal
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His maternal grandfather, Madison T. Shockley Sr., was the multi-hyphenate prototype.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The results could help scientists investigate how maternal nutrition, metabolic disorders, and other environmental influences affect the developing brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Flash forward another decade and it remains to be seen whether maternal mental healthcare — including the central question of how American society deals with mothers in extremis — has evolved.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 2016, the world retired its Millennium Development Goals—a short list of mostly efficient, targeted aims: cut poverty, disease, and maternal and child deaths, and get every child into school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Down either side of his thighs he felt the sweet gum’s surface roots cradling him like the rough but maternal hands of a grandfather.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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