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maternity

[muh-tur-ni-tee] / məˈtɜr nɪ ti /
NOUN
period of being pregnant with child
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The government's new maternity adviser is calling on Meta to meet bereaved families left "devastated" by pregnancy-related adverts after losing their babies.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Williams reached four major finals after returning from maternity leave with her first daughter in 2018 and also returned to the world's top 10.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

More than 800 trust staff have spoken to the maternity review and another theme that has kept coming up, Ockenden told us, was of a lack of training and equipment.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But the Nottingham trust did not know how many more midwives it needed because it consistently miscalculated the number on each shift by including those off sick or on maternity leave.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The entire maternity ward suddenly tilted toward the front of the ship.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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