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Recent Examples of fatherhood
In October 2023, the Rolling Stones frontman spoke with The Guardian about parenting his youngest son and how his experience with fatherhood has changed over the years.
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Anya Leon, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The brief joy of fatherhood was buried in fear.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
The two had long talks about basketball, fatherhood and life.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Despite this, his life’s greatest lesson came through the experience of fatherhood.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Call it a win for the record books, but more so, a win for fatherhood.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
His Pinocchio touches on grief, fatherhood, family, and forgiveness, leading to an ending that’s among the most moving of his career.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Gibbs encountered the phrase while reading Open Water by British writer Caleb Azumah Nelson, whose reflections on Blackness, love, and fatherhood echoed Gibbs’s own story.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Across three episodes, Malik and Tomlinson engage in intimate conversations about life, love, loss and fatherhood.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Anya Leon, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The brief joy of fatherhood was buried in fear.
—Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
The two had long talks about basketball, fatherhood and life.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Despite this, his life’s greatest lesson came through the experience of fatherhood.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Call it a win for the record books, but more so, a win for fatherhood.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
His Pinocchio touches on grief, fatherhood, family, and forgiveness, leading to an ending that’s among the most moving of his career.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Gibbs encountered the phrase while reading Open Water by British writer Caleb Azumah Nelson, whose reflections on Blackness, love, and fatherhood echoed Gibbs’s own story.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Across three episodes, Malik and Tomlinson engage in intimate conversations about life, love, loss and fatherhood.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatherhood
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As the Kruppas’ children were grappling with the truth about their paternity, Jim Harris was in North Carolina exchanging emails with a newfound half-sibling on 23andMe.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Romelus was once a contestant on Paternity Court, a court TV series that focused on all-things family, ranging from questions about paternity to stories involving DNA.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The series focuses on the decade-long friendship among Jess (Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn) and Mel (Emily Taaffe), four expectant mothers who were thrown together with little in common apart from their due dates but who have been there for one another throughout motherhood.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the Heal Squad podcast host, 47, opened up about motherhood and raved over her 2-year-old daughter Athena.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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In a rare moment of impressive hosting, Vanessa Lachey pointed out that Edmond's traumatic childhood and upbringing might result in him only focusing on the positive memories and blocking out any negative memories as a coping mechanism.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Usha Vance has spoken publicly about the importance of faith in her upbringing and encouraged her husband to rediscover his Christian roots.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The commission directed the department to come up with a drought response strategy after an extremely dry year in 2021 led to dismal quail reproduction and rearing, Harding said.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Roger Hodgson, a posh young guitarist whose post-private school rearing clashed with Davies' own humble origins, wound up gelling with Davies, and Supertramp was born — after a few months under the moniker of Daddy.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Fatherhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherhood. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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