maternal
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Then, less than a week later, as Jessica was in her bedroom, being comforted by her maternal grandmother, Linda Gandy, her father appeared.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
My maternal grandmother, Marcela Fernández, was born in 1914 in an Arizona copper town to parents who fled the Mexican Revolution before returning to their mountain pueblo in Zacatecas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The most direct beneficiaries are maternal healthcare and fertility services.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The Pitt covers everything from a measles outbreak, a shooting at a festival, the opioid crisis, medical abortion, black maternal care, homelessness and more besides.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Luck of some sort came when my maternal grandmother—who had been away in the Shangaan Bantustan attending a ceremony to exorcise evil spirits from a raving mad relative—came back unexpectedly.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing maternal
It's All in the Family
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "M"
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