as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
And Tess is now a podcast host and overbearing grandmother.
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Goodman said Drummond's girlfriend is the sister of the infant's grandmother.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2025
Wilson and Adrianna Williams were her parents, Rose was the baby’s maternal grandmother, and Braydon Williams was Adrianna’s brother and the baby girl’s uncle.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
For years, the grandchildren had been discussing an all-cousin trip as a sort of reunion, but wanted to include their grandmother.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
Goodman said Drummond's girlfriend is the sister of the infant's grandmother.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2025
Wilson and Adrianna Williams were her parents, Rose was the baby’s maternal grandmother, and Braydon Williams was Adrianna’s brother and the baby girl’s uncle.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
For years, the grandchildren had been discussing an all-cousin trip as a sort of reunion, but wanted to include their grandmother.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
Noun
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Her community fastly feels the sharp absence of her graceful, essential labor and employs matriarch Ana (María Magdalena Sanizo) to coax her back home.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Hunt, who played the Baker matriarch, was a particular influence on Stoner.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 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
Noun
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Our harsh winters and gorgeous summers reminded our ancestors of home.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
3 Aug. 2025
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The small, rugged truck crossed over into civilian use and is the ancestor of the off-road vehicles and SUVs that patrol suburbs and ferry kids to the frontlines of soccer games.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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