as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
Anna’s daughter, now 13, takes lessons from her grandmother.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Katie Couric is embracing the joys of aging and being a grandmother.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The organization was inspired by the girls’ grandmother, Joyce, a lifelong musician who used music to connect with others.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Katie Couric is embracing the joys of aging and being a grandmother.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Jacobs speaks candidly of a troubled childhood and lovingly about Fifth Avenue shopping trips with his grandmother, which inspired a feeling for fashion history and handicrafts.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The organization was inspired by the girls’ grandmother, Joyce, a lifelong musician who used music to connect with others.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Shirley Aunty, the matriarch of the Aranya Pepper farm, is an egg curry queen.—
Shirley Parameswaran,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Alice, Dana’s ancestress, never becomes much more than a moral quandary: a stubborn victim who is unable to adapt.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2021
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Yang Asha is the mythical ancestress of the Miao people, an ethnic minority in China closely related to the Hmong of Southeast Asia.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
26 Nov. 2020
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Local historians in Wyandotte County have long documented the arduous journeys that their ancestors, and those of many Kansas City, Kansas residents, made to find freedom from slavery.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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The last universal common ancestor of all life on Earth, known as LUCA, is embedded in every being’s genes.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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Through our hair and its many rituals, remain the herbalism of our foremothers in the new world, passing down their ingenuity of homemade balms, creams, and oils for hair growth.—
Eshe Ukweli,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2023
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In fact, precursors to modern bleaching processes didn’t come on the scene until the turn of the 20th century, leaving our foremothers and forefathers plenty of time to get creative with their blonde pursuits.—
AJ Willingham,
CNN,
28 May 2023
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“Grandmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmother. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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