as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
The screen treatment brings us Glenn Close in fine Scandinavian grandmother form, a lot of sweeping island vistas, and a very scrappy young actor named Emily Matthews.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Everyone on the panel shared how their mothers and grandmothers were powerful influences and how beauty is about more than physical appearance.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Before giving birth, Madison told People the baby was named after Bouffard’s grandmother and her great-grandmother.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Sebastian’s grandmother, Mary Ann Heidt, is listed by Stanford as a Founding Grant Society member.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Everyone on the panel shared how their mothers and grandmothers were powerful influences and how beauty is about more than physical appearance.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Before giving birth, Madison told People the baby was named after Bouffard’s grandmother and her great-grandmother.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Sebastian’s grandmother, Mary Ann Heidt, is listed by Stanford as a Founding Grant Society member.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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From there, they are forced to deal with an aging group of matriarchs (June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot) who covertly run the town—not to mention the cold and calculating brothel manager Enid (Margo Martindale).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Robert and his wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) retire to the smaller Dower house, where Robert’s mother Violet (Maggie Smith), the matriarch of the Crawley family, lived.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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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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The norm is for ancient dugouts found in southern Florida to be linked to ancestors of the Calusa, the Seminole or the Miccosukee, according to the Florida Division of Historical Resources.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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This provides excellent evidence that all life on Earth shares one common ancestor.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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