as in fathers
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
this tradition has been passed down from our pioneer grandfathers
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Recent Examples of grandfathers
And if the cabinet grandfathers only the HS classes of 2024 and 2025 while applying the new rule to 2026 graduates, an entire cohort gets jammed onto the same clock as players one and two years older—a cliff disguised as a transition.
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Daryl G. Jones, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
The captains were the fathers, or at least the grandfathers, of this genre.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Her grandfathers were military.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
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
Robert Pelot, the owner of Pelot’s Rexall Pharmacy, said it’s been in his family since one of his great-grandfathers moved to the Bradenton area from Indiana in the late 1800s.
—Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Is this the noble cause that our grandfathers would have shed their blood for 85 years ago?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
His grandfathers, fishermen Pietro Tarantino and Gaetano D’Acquisto, immigrated to the area from Porticello, Sicily, in the early 1900s and settled in Little Italy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
And the same impressive nature was true of both women's grandfathers, says Jones.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Daryl G. Jones, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
The captains were the fathers, or at least the grandfathers, of this genre.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Her grandfathers were military.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
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
Robert Pelot, the owner of Pelot’s Rexall Pharmacy, said it’s been in his family since one of his great-grandfathers moved to the Bradenton area from Indiana in the late 1800s.
—Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Is this the noble cause that our grandfathers would have shed their blood for 85 years ago?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
His grandfathers, fishermen Pietro Tarantino and Gaetano D’Acquisto, immigrated to the area from Porticello, Sicily, in the early 1900s and settled in Little Italy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
And the same impressive nature was true of both women's grandfathers, says Jones.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfathers
Noun
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In November 2025, the fathers told the court about their child’s birth and a day later, Uthmeier, the AG, began pushing his way into this case.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Softness and even open expression of feelings between fathers and sons are not part of the male Circassian factory model.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Noun
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This is among the most universal pieces of advice from our ancestors.—
Jonathan Haidt,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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One by one, group members tearfully thanked their ancestors and poured white rum on the beach.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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“Grandfathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandfathers. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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