single parent

noun

: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner

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Banning and restricting library materials Who is challenging library books and resources? Before 2020, the vast majority of challenges to library books and resources were brought by a single parent who sought to remove or restrict access to a book their child was reading. Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025 Add a child to the mix, and that single parent needs to earn more than $41 an hour just to stay above water. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Seeing how hard his mom worked as a single parent, the NFL star said he was inspired to push himself and never give up. Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 Having to become a single parent with a young baby was very hard. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single parent

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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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