foremothers

plural of foremother

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foremothers
Noun
  • Although our grandmothers kept it on the countertop, experts today recommend storing it in the refrigerator up to three months or freezing it for basically forever.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • In the grandstands in Nkowankowa, few people had to be told the importance of grandmothers.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Moritz Grossmann was one of the forefathers of German watchmaking in Glashütte.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • People grew accustomed to the expectation that each generation would surpass the horizons of their forebears.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Eight Dukes of Wellington and two very full centuries on from that 1825 procession, on this June 16, the 9th Duke rode, as each of his forbears did and as the future heirs to the ducal title will do, in the lead carriage with the king to open Royal Ascot.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The road continues from Beersheba to Hebron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, purchased by Abraham some 3,800 years ago and traditionally regarded as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Long before Helen Mirren played tenacious and terrifying matriarchs in 1923 and MobLand, the Oscar-winning icon had already proven her ability to play tough-as-nails characters in the classic British procedural Prime Suspect.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Goodhouse recalled stories his grandfather would tell him of their ancestors who were in the Hunkpapa camp when troops attacked.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • These findings suggest that throughout great ape evolution, our ancestors gradually developed more control over the timing of their vocalizations, including laughter.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers, and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • Many influential leadership lessons stem from grandfathers through personal stories and experiences.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
    Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
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“Foremothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foremothers. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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