maternity leave
noun
: time off from a job given a mother to take care of a newborn child
The company granted her maternity leave.
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Women negotiated nursing at work and maternity leave.
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Without paid maternity leave as a full-time realtor, the money that Allan and her husband had saved quickly dissipated.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Running Through Pregnancy and Beyond Sleightholm is set to return to work from maternity leave next week, but running has remained a constant.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Physio Ash Pracy departs while head of women’s physio Amy Cranston is also taking maternity leave on a temporary basis.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Without paid maternity leave as a full-time realtor, the money that Allan and her husband had saved quickly dissipated.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Running Through Pregnancy and Beyond Sleightholm is set to return to work from maternity leave next week, but running has remained a constant.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Physio Ash Pracy departs while head of women’s physio Amy Cranston is also taking maternity leave on a temporary basis.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maternity leave
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“Maternity leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity%20leave. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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