as in sired
to become the father of
Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered
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Recent Examples of fathered
The 3-year-old wolf was part of the King Mountain Pack in Routt County and had fathered at least four pups.
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Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
In 1999, Jesse Jackson fathered a child with Karin Stanford, the director of the Washington bureau of his organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Spike has fathered three other calves at other zoos but none survived, the zoo said.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Nonetheless, none fathered children, meaning Hitler’s bloodline will indeed definitively end after this generation.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Long Lance’s maternal grandfather was a North Carolina state senator who visited Carson’s plantation often and fathered Sallie and another child with Adeline.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Aspen is her mother Alika’s first calf, and is the third calf fathered by a giraffe named Aiden, the zoo said.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Clapton fathered his first child, Ruth, with Yvonne Kelly in 1985.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
In 1999, Jesse Jackson fathered a child with Karin Stanford, the director of the Washington bureau of his organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Spike has fathered three other calves at other zoos but none survived, the zoo said.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Nonetheless, none fathered children, meaning Hitler’s bloodline will indeed definitively end after this generation.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Long Lance’s maternal grandfather was a North Carolina state senator who visited Carson’s plantation often and fathered Sallie and another child with Adeline.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Aspen is her mother Alika’s first calf, and is the third calf fathered by a giraffe named Aiden, the zoo said.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Clapton fathered his first child, Ruth, with Yvonne Kelly in 1985.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathered
sired
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Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
18 Feb. 2026
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Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Fathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathered. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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