single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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Lively and Kendrick reprised their roles of Emily Nelson, a conniving fashion PR executive, and Stephanie Smothers, a single mother with a cooking and crafting vlog, respectively, in the follow-up to the box office hit that is now streaming on Prime Video. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025 In Her Words The actor, activist, and now host and executive producer of Hallmark's unscripted series The Motherhood wants to change the conversation around being a single mother. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 2 May 2025 The narrator, too, was the child of a single mother. Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025 The woman who trained me, Brittany, was a single mother of two, who walked 14 miles of conveyor daily for $16 an hour. Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single mother

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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