grandmother
noun
grand·moth·er
ˈgran(d)-ˌmə-t͟hər 
1
: the mother of one's father or mother
2
: a female ancestor
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Two years ago, Krina had been looking through photographs of her grandmother Judy, who died this February at age 79, when a particular image left her shocked.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Dressing To The Nines Like many Southern women, my grandmother learned from her mother to always show up with her most confident foot forward.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
After witnessing a murder, Arcadio – a disillusioned painter turned delivery man in Mexico City – narrowly escapes an attempt on his life and finds refuge at his grandmother’s home in the state of Oaxaca.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
The idea of making a run for the border may be incomprehensible to the grandmother, but Ameen imagines many different paths to freedom, opening up all the more opportunities to attain it.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Dressing To The Nines Like many Southern women, my grandmother learned from her mother to always show up with her most confident foot forward.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
After witnessing a murder, Arcadio – a disillusioned painter turned delivery man in Mexico City – narrowly escapes an attempt on his life and finds refuge at his grandmother’s home in the state of Oaxaca.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
The idea of making a run for the border may be incomprehensible to the grandmother, but Ameen imagines many different paths to freedom, opening up all the more opportunities to attain it.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Grandmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandmother. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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grandmother
noun
grand·moth·er
ˈgran(d)-ˌmət͟h-ər
1
: the mother of one's father or mother
2
: a female ancestor
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