grandmother

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Recent Examples of grandmother Grandma's fall inspires middle schooler's invention Kevin said his grandmother, who lives with his family, fell at home about five years ago. Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025 Jessica’s grandmother, Christine, remembers her as a joyful child, one who was always smiling. Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025 My grandmother cooked a lot of really good Mexican food. J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025 More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grandmother
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Noun
  • My mom is like the pinnacle of the family, and the matriarch.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 24 Oct. 2025
  • During the season 7 premiere of Hulu’s The Kardashians, the Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch, 69, and her daughters reflect on the Los Angeles abode that served as the backdrop for many memorable moments on their original reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • One theory points to Buddhist monks, who would light lanterns on the 15th day of the holiday to honor Buddha—an act that evolved into a way for families to pay tribute to ancestors.
    Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
  • First Alert 4 reported that this counterfeit note was marked as ancestor money, a symbolic bill burned as a ritual offering in Chinese culture.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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