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as in dads
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestors
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours
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Recent Examples of daddies
The options are vast, ranging from Rita Ora vamping on one station and drunk gay daddies being spotlighted on another.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
Some people's mommies and daddies really, really struggle with money, and that is not something to ever make fun of somebody for.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The baby daddies are family to me.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
Some people's mommies and daddies really, really struggle with money, and that is not something to ever make fun of somebody for.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The baby daddies are family to me.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddies
Noun
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Besides, why don’t dads ever get labeled?—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
2 Apr. 2026
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The dads and sons hustled to a nearby dirt patch.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The find provides the first direct fossil evidence that early mammal ancestors laid eggs.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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But did the earliest ancestors of mammals also reproduce through eggs?—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
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At this, the two strangers returned to a parallel silence for the rest of the flight, both of them thinking about their fathers while trying to think of something else.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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So, to help fathers and other male caregivers feel more comfortable sharing their experiences, some Parent Cafes this year will be facilitated by male hosts, a recent news release from the health department said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Norwegian ended his season before the Olympics to further recover from a shoulder injury, but attended the finals as one of the forerunners, who test a course shortly before a race starts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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These were the forerunners of today’s robots.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Iran also spied on Iraqi positions with rudimentary precursors to drones, an early use of one of the regime’s most effective weapons in its attempt to blockade the strait.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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In March, state media reported that China arrested seven people in an operation targeting traffickers of fentanyl precursors, according to the Reuters news agency.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Daddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddies. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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