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as in dads
a male human parent
the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons
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as in founders
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science
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as in grandfathers
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right
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as in sires
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 fathers
Megan Hustwaite, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Five fathers, including Mendez’s father, Gonzalo, who led the effort, filed the lawsuit in 1945 against school districts in Westminster, Garden Grove, Santa Ana and El Modena, which today falls under the Orange Unified School District.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
Seven men killed in a fireworks warehouse explosion in rural Yolo County last year were fathers, brothers and young workers whose lives were cut short in an instant.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Men are the spiritual leaders, while women’s main job is to give birth to as many children as possible and always obey their husbands, fathers, and church leaders.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
That day, Gaywan hugged the fathers of Saiyub and Kumar, who were waiting to meet him.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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
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
The two bonded over Crane’s adoration of the 1930s fictional detective Nero Wolfe and the formative subject of their fathers.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
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Harry closed his Movember appearance with a message to fathers about mental health and the realities of parenthood.
—Megan Hustwaite, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Five fathers, including Mendez’s father, Gonzalo, who led the effort, filed the lawsuit in 1945 against school districts in Westminster, Garden Grove, Santa Ana and El Modena, which today falls under the Orange Unified School District.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
Seven men killed in a fireworks warehouse explosion in rural Yolo County last year were fathers, brothers and young workers whose lives were cut short in an instant.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Men are the spiritual leaders, while women’s main job is to give birth to as many children as possible and always obey their husbands, fathers, and church leaders.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
That day, Gaywan hugged the fathers of Saiyub and Kumar, who were waiting to meet him.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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
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
The two bonded over Crane’s adoration of the 1930s fictional detective Nero Wolfe and the formative subject of their fathers.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathers
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Some dads simply refuse to even do the dance, so points to Gracie’s dad for being game.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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Besides, why don’t dads ever get labeled?—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
2 Apr. 2026
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Google and Amazon were both launched out of their founders’ garages, and Microsoft was born out of a motel in New Mexico.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Notably, Hyrox is described as a race by its founders and participants.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Her grandfathers were military.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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College-age amateurs competing alongside former champions old enough to be their grandfathers is a longstanding Masters tradition.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The options are vast, ranging from Rita Ora vamping on one station and drunk gay daddies being spotlighted on another.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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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
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All that credit goes to the co-creators Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and director Tye Blue, who have crafted one of the sharpest books Broadway has seen in years.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the late nineties and early two-thousands, Romania became a destination for international TV and film projects whose creators wanted to hire crews who were cheap and willing to endure unlimited hours.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Four Freedoms awards are presented in the New Church in Middelburg, in the province of Zeeland, where Roosevelt's ancestors hail from.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light on a remarkable survival story.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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And rhetoric, it could be said, begets more rhetoric.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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It was never supposed to be a character study about how trauma begets trauma.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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The energy of the collision spawns many new particles, including—sometimes—W bosons.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.—
Jessa Crispin,
Air Mail,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Fathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathers. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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