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Recent Examples of motherhood
The series focuses on the decade-long friendship among Jess (Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn) and Mel (Emily Taaffe), four expectant mothers who were thrown together with little in common apart from their due dates but who have been there for one another throughout motherhood.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the Heal Squad podcast host, 47, opened up about motherhood and raved over her 2-year-old daughter Athena.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
What was that journey into motherhood like for you?
—Samantha Barry, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
Decades ago, new motherhood and menopause were two distinct milestones in life for most women.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
Kali Uchis graced Billboard‘s cover in October, delving into motherhood, touring on a bus and refusing to choose one language over the other to sing in.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
What do the last decade's worth of motherhood movies have to tell us?
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Vanessa Kirby is joining Sue Storm in motherhood.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Through emails, documents, and secret correspondence, Bee uncovers a witty and heartfelt story about motherhood and navigating an absurd world.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the Heal Squad podcast host, 47, opened up about motherhood and raved over her 2-year-old daughter Athena.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
What was that journey into motherhood like for you?
—Samantha Barry, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
Decades ago, new motherhood and menopause were two distinct milestones in life for most women.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
Kali Uchis graced Billboard‘s cover in October, delving into motherhood, touring on a bus and refusing to choose one language over the other to sing in.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
What do the last decade's worth of motherhood movies have to tell us?
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Vanessa Kirby is joining Sue Storm in motherhood.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Through emails, documents, and secret correspondence, Bee uncovers a witty and heartfelt story about motherhood and navigating an absurd world.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motherhood
Noun
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Or the crib with a dip alongside its edge, which Roe incorporated based on memories of leaning over the side of the crib in the early days of mothering.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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That’s not a typical mothering experience.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some of that is due to young people leaving, but so few babies are born here that the local hospital closed its maternity ward three years ago.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 1918, Soviet women were given the right to higher education, equal pay, no-fault civil divorce, child support (including for children born out of wedlock), paid maternity leave, and access to free maternity hospitals.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite this, his life’s greatest lesson came through the experience of fatherhood.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Call it a win for the record books, but more so, a win for fatherhood.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the Kruppas’ children were grappling with the truth about their paternity, Jim Harris was in North Carolina exchanging emails with a newfound half-sibling on 23andMe.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Romelus was once a contestant on Paternity Court, a court TV series that focused on all-things family, ranging from questions about paternity to stories involving DNA.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Motherhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motherhood. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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