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as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestor
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 daddy
My heart broke at the thought that daddy wasn’t coming home for two little kids, and that poor mommy would have to try to explain what happened, endure sleepless nights, and try to move on with her family torn apart.
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
There was a beach house, there was recurring cancer, there were daddy issues, there was a lot of self-tanner applied incorrectly, and there was a fandom so rabid and out of pocket that Amazon had to publicly ask them to stop bullying the cast online.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
This is more than just a fetish, a crush, unresolved mommy/daddy issues or a passing fascination.
—Linsey Hughes, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
And, like The Boss, Hamlet has daddy (and uncle) issues.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
There was a beach house, there was recurring cancer, there were daddy issues, there was a lot of self-tanner applied incorrectly, and there was a fandom so rabid and out of pocket that Amazon had to publicly ask them to stop bullying the cast online.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
This is more than just a fetish, a crush, unresolved mommy/daddy issues or a passing fascination.
—Linsey Hughes, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
And, like The Boss, Hamlet has daddy (and uncle) issues.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
Noun
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Kelce’s dad, Ed, was also seen chatting with Swift and WNBA star Caitlin Clark.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Had his dad not sensed something and dialed 911, Andrew, a star baseball player turned gambling addict in college, would have quietly checked out at age 33, leaving his twin infant sons, his guilt-crippled parents, and many thousands of dollars in gambling debts behind.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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In a personal tie, her paternal ancestors were the owners of the woollen manufacturer and merchant, William Lupton & Co, which was based in Leeds.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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It was owned by the Torriani-Avanti family for more than 300 years, and yes, the same family whose ancestors now rest in Florence’s Santa Croce alongside Michelangelo and Galileo.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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The reason the belief is so strong is because of the lessons his father, Lionel Sr,.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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It’s been two years since Nowell became the lead singer in Sublime, the same band once headed by his late father, Bradley Nowell.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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The event turned out to be a forerunner to the UN Earth Summit.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The event is a precursor to the major United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, next month.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some people in this group had Alzheimer’s dementia, others had what is called mild cognitive impairment of the Alzheimer’s type (which is sometimes a precursor to the disease) while another group with no evidence of dementia or cognitive decline served as a control.—
Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark A prototype for many parks that have been fashioned after it (most notably Disney’s theme parks), Tivoli Gardens has been an escape for Danes and tourists since its gates first opened in 1843.—
Zachary Laks,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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Cartweel Robotics aims to debut its full-body walking Yogi prototype at the Humanoids Summit held in Silicon Valley this December.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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