as in father
a male human parent
my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom
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Recent Examples of dad
My dad was a freelance writer, director, producer.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
And to all the dads out there today.
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ABC News,
21 June 2026
My dad used to spend around 250 days away from home, so that's a long time.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
His thoughts are drifting to the environment and to other world events - through the lens of a new dad.
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Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
And to all the dads out there today.
—
ABC News,
21 June 2026
My dad used to spend around 250 days away from home, so that's a long time.
—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
His thoughts are drifting to the environment and to other world events - through the lens of a new dad.
—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for dad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dad
Noun
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Doherty's father, uncle, cousin and other family members are buried at the cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts.
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The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
Noun
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The super-close twosome had an adorable daddy-daughter dinner date, which delighted the country singer.
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Her Instagram shows mostly Hamrick herself, with an occasional shot of her eighty-two-year-old baby daddy and their towheaded nine-year-old, whose set of lips resembles his father’s.
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“Dad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dad. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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