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the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmothers
My grandmothers have always been a source of inspiration, especially for beauty tips and tricks that transcend time.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Nine grandmothers, all in their nineties, staring down death without justice as a far-right Japanese government denies their history.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Her grandmothers were teachers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
The restaurant website notes that Schneider was inspired by his grandmothers' techniques to recreate their cooking with elements of his own creativity.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
What would our grandmothers have said?
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Sperm whale families are composed of grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who live together for life, while the young males leave in their teenage years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Tommy disburses stuffings and sauces to hungry locals as the GIs seduced their grandmothers with Camels and nylon stockings.
—Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Just grandmothers and teenagers shaping each other — one sprint, one laugh, one first at a time.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Nine grandmothers, all in their nineties, staring down death without justice as a far-right Japanese government denies their history.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Her grandmothers were teachers.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
The restaurant website notes that Schneider was inspired by his grandmothers' techniques to recreate their cooking with elements of his own creativity.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
What would our grandmothers have said?
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Sperm whale families are composed of grandmothers, mothers, and daughters who live together for life, while the young males leave in their teenage years.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Tommy disburses stuffings and sauces to hungry locals as the GIs seduced their grandmothers with Camels and nylon stockings.
—Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Just grandmothers and teenagers shaping each other — one sprint, one laugh, one first at a time.
—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmothers
Noun
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Her grandfathers were military.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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College-age amateurs competing alongside former champions old enough to be their grandfathers is a longstanding Masters tradition.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Inouye said she was inspired to do this by none other than one of the matriarchs of the movement, Alice Waters of Berkeley’s Chez Panisse.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even outside of traditional television, the reality TV model has made millionaires of even more toxic matriarchs such as Ruby Framke, who amassed over 2 million YouTube subscribers by pimping out her children for clicks while criminally abusing them in secret.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Moritz Grossmann was one of the forefathers of German watchmaking in Glashütte.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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The clubs, civic organizations and community events that once brought our forefathers together are largely fading away.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The find provides the first direct fossil evidence that early mammal ancestors laid eggs.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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But did the earliest ancestors of mammals also reproduce through eggs?—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
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Yu, who died last year, had forebears.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Parks is known for paying homage to her forebears, and so Ambiguous Desire is also the result of extensive research into The Loft, Studio 54, and the history of raving.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The key to calculating the amount of energy blasted out is realizing that the mass of a merger’s resulting black hole is not simply the sum of its progenitors.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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Somewhere in Africa there is a city, town, or village where Henry Fordham’s progenitors lived and died for hundreds or thousands of years, where my distant relatives walk the streets today.—
Eugene Robinson,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Grandmothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmothers. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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