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Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
When a grandparent dies, Owens steps up to get their estate in order.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
In this case, the sacrifice is watching their cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents — the undocumented — live in fear and in hiding.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
—Shannon M. Monnat, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
When a grandparent dies, Owens steps up to get their estate in order.
—Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
In this case, the sacrifice is watching their cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents — the undocumented — live in fear and in hiding.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
—Shannon M. Monnat, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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grandparent
noun
grand·par·ent
ˈgran(d)-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a parent of one's father or mother
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