as in parental
of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother her maternal instincts told her that something was wrong

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Recent Examples of maternal In May, Rowland sported fall’s other trending shade, red, at a Baby2Baby press conference on maternal health. Hannah Malach, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024 Black women are more likely to suffer pre-term labor, other pregnancy complications and are also far more likely to die in childbirth in the U.S., where maternal mortality rates are increasing. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024 There are four primary types of bias Joan C. Williams has studied with Bias Interrupters: the maternal wall, prove-it-again bias, tug of war and the gender tightrope. Julie Kratz, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Indeed, Donald Trump has boasted about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, and maternal deaths have increased by almost 25 percent since 2020, reports Vox. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for maternal 

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“Maternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maternal. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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