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dad

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ˈdad

Definition of dad

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 The Beam family was at Raimondi Park sporting shirts with artwork of their beloved dad, husband, brother and grandfather. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Obviously an insurmountable tragedy for the dad in this case. — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Scherer familyDiane Scherer-Morris Their dad, Raymond, worked as a farmer. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 His dad could tell pretty quickly, though, that this was not one of their usual catches. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dad

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Born in Vienna to a Russian mother and Nigerian father, Ndukwe learned English at school from an early age and that has helped since moving to Merseyside.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

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Michael Douglas has a daddy-daughter date with Carys Zeta Douglas at the Mallorca, Land of Honor Awards on August 3.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
How in the Nine Realms did Thor—a bland, long-haired jock set to inherit his daddy’s empire—become one of Marvel’s most interesting and likeable heroes?

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

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