as in fruitfulness
motherly character or qualities
he cherished his foster parent for her motherliness
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Noun
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As of 2022, more than half of rural hospitals and over a third of urban hospitals did not have maternity units.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Sharon Hospital also applied to shutter its maternity unit, but the state rejected the proposal, to the relief of local physicians and activists who had fought to keep it open.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025
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The goal was to impress clients, demonstrate leadership status, and create structured environments for supervision and productivity.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Their paper included a chart showing how A.I. could potentially double labor productivity and G.D.P. within twenty years under an optimistic scenario.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Alexey Raksha, who specializes in fertility and mortality statistics, made the comment to Russian business media outlet Vpost.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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For example, large areas of land could be utilized far better if efficient methods of watershed control, fertilizer use, weather forecasting, fertility assessment, plantation programming, field selection, planting habits, timing of cultivation, crop survey, and harvest planning were applied.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Motherliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherliness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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