as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
Paul Monreal’s grandmother, Anna Frances O’Leary Monreal, was Big Jim’s granddaughter.
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William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
Apart from sharing an Instagram photo of the little one, her grandmother, Terri Irwin, 60, posted an Instagram video of Grace happily hanging on to an outdoor rotary clothesline in late June.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 July 2025
Her concept Ma Daisy’s Porch, a hub that includes a restaurant, bakery, museum, and event space, named after her grandmother who was the matriarch in Bluffton, is meant to provide not only a safe space for residents, but also reinvigorate Black business ownership in the area.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
This time, we're introduced to Lottie, a grandmother who moonlights as a serial killer—and is forced to come out of retirement due to a series of unfortunate events.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 4 July 2025
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William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
Apart from sharing an Instagram photo of the little one, her grandmother, Terri Irwin, 60, posted an Instagram video of Grace happily hanging on to an outdoor rotary clothesline in late June.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 July 2025
Her concept Ma Daisy’s Porch, a hub that includes a restaurant, bakery, museum, and event space, named after her grandmother who was the matriarch in Bluffton, is meant to provide not only a safe space for residents, but also reinvigorate Black business ownership in the area.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
This time, we're introduced to Lottie, a grandmother who moonlights as a serial killer—and is forced to come out of retirement due to a series of unfortunate events.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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The Kardashian-Jenner matriarch also unveiled a choppier pixie-style bob haircut with heavy bangs on Instagram in April.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Now, all of that is changing as the Simmons family’s matriarch is headed to the Bahamas for her grandniece Tiffany’s wedding.—
ESSENCE Editors,
Essence,
6 July 2025
Noun
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The intersection of these two facts does convince me that William's genealogical ancestress, Eliza Kewark, did have South Asian ancestry (not totally surprising even in notionally ethnically distinct groups like Armenians or Parsis who have been long resident in India).—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2013
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Instead of being a reticulated mesh the genealogy of mtDNA is a clean and inverted elegant tree leading back to a common ancestress.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
17 Nov. 2010
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The gift of 'The Mahabharata' that my ancestors gave me is truly the gift that keeps giving.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The same ancestor who founded this homestead left his own family behind in Georgia; that cold resolve is Hailey’s inheritance too.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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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 12 Jul. 2025.
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