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paternity

[puh-tur-ni-tee] / pəˈtɜr nɪ ti /




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Paternity leave has become common in the Nordic corporate world.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Paternity certainty was probably an important facet of the evolutionary transition from our hominid ancestors.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Q. Paternity test: I’ve been married just over two years, and if you had asked me two weeks ago, I would’ve said my husband was near perfect.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2021

Paternity leave is a period of either one or two consecutive weeks that fathers or partners can take off from work to care for their baby or child.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2019

Hartland, Primitive Paternity, i, 254, and chap. iii.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris




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