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maternal

[muh-tur-nl] / məˈtɜr nl /
ADJECTIVE
motherly
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Her footage is teeming with maternal pride, observant and heartwarming.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The money is intended to support HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, disease surveillance and wider health system work, including the recruitment of community health workers.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

While maternal mortality review committees closely examine the deaths of mothers during the first year of a child's life, the researchers say paternal mortality has received little comparable attention.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

My maternal grandmother, Marcela Miranda, was born in Arizona’s copper country in 1914 and lived in the United States until she was about 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Meg returned to her place, and supper was progressing pleasantly, when the little ghost walked again, and exposed the maternal delinquencies by boldly demanding, “More sudar, Marmar.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott


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