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Six example sentences with maternity, each labelled with its topic.
Studies of maternity often track mood month by month, since the ninth month rarely feels like the third.
Psychology
The firm now holds a role open through maternity and for six months afterward, which cut its turnover sharply.
Business
Swimming stays popular through maternity, since the water carries weight that walking would push onto knees and ankles.
Fitness
Midwives follow each woman through maternity with a visit every month, then every week as the due date approaches.
Medicine
The statute protects a worker through maternity and bars any employer from dismissing her during those months.
Law
Paid leave during maternity raised the share of women returning to work within a year, the study found.
Economics
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