as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
His grandmother Carrie Meek was among Florida’s first three Black representatives in Congress since Reconstruction after a federal court drew the majority-Black South Florida district to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act.
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Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
The preteen's family showed their support for her new music on Instagram at the time, including her uncle Rob Kardashian, aunt Khloé Kardashian and grandmother Kris Jenner.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Her main idea was to treat the camera as linked to the absent grandmother.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 13 June 2026
My grandmother boarded him on a farm outside Berlin to keep him safe.
—Alex Poppe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
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Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
The preteen's family showed their support for her new music on Instagram at the time, including her uncle Rob Kardashian, aunt Khloé Kardashian and grandmother Kris Jenner.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Her main idea was to treat the camera as linked to the absent grandmother.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 13 June 2026
My grandmother boarded him on a farm outside Berlin to keep him safe.
—Alex Poppe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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Patricia Richardson, who played the matriarch Jill Taylor, has indicated a willingness to return to the role.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The actress, 43, steps into the shoes of the beloved matriarch Sue Florek in Every Year After, a new Prime Video adaptation of Carley Fortune's bestselling 2022 novel, Every Summer After.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 June 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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Mesa Verde continues to hold great cultural significance for the 27 pueblos and tribes whose ancestors once called the canyons, farms, cliffside and mesa dwellings home or who have other ties to the area.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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During the Early Devonian Period, life on land was still relatively new, and many of the ancestors of modern vertebrates had yet to emerge from the water.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 June 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 16 Jun. 2026.
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