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the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmothers
Some might be familiar with sour cream biscuits served in miniature form at classic Southern restaurants as just a nibble to snack on while at the table; others might remember their grandmothers mixing up the simple delights on lazy Sunday afternoons.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Police violence robbed Eleanor’s progeny of experiencing the often special relationship between grandmothers and grandchildren.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The sacred inheritance passed down from grandmothers who laughed even when there was little to laugh about, from church choirs that sang through sorrow, from front porches where stories and sweet tea flowed in equal measure.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
All around the arena, people embraced their friends, kissed their grandmothers, and cried into the arms of their mothers.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
In most families, grandmothers are pillars of support, legendary cooks, the matriarchs who are the keepers of all the family's stories (and secrets), and the very willing babysitter who frequently sweeps in to save date night.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
My grandmothers weren’t like that, either.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
The pride of Santa Elena's silletero families is palpable, with everyone from young children to grandmothers and grandfathers tracing the route of the culminating parade carrying their creations on their backs.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The story of Rosa, who will turn 106 in August, and other grandmothers like her, known as the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, is the focus of Gilliland’s debut work of nonfiction, which is the result of four years of investigative reporting and hundreds of hours of interviews.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Police violence robbed Eleanor’s progeny of experiencing the often special relationship between grandmothers and grandchildren.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The sacred inheritance passed down from grandmothers who laughed even when there was little to laugh about, from church choirs that sang through sorrow, from front porches where stories and sweet tea flowed in equal measure.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
All around the arena, people embraced their friends, kissed their grandmothers, and cried into the arms of their mothers.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
In most families, grandmothers are pillars of support, legendary cooks, the matriarchs who are the keepers of all the family's stories (and secrets), and the very willing babysitter who frequently sweeps in to save date night.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
My grandmothers weren’t like that, either.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
The pride of Santa Elena's silletero families is palpable, with everyone from young children to grandmothers and grandfathers tracing the route of the culminating parade carrying their creations on their backs.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The story of Rosa, who will turn 106 in August, and other grandmothers like her, known as the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, is the focus of Gilliland’s debut work of nonfiction, which is the result of four years of investigative reporting and hundreds of hours of interviews.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmothers
Noun
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Now a young man, he's recently started a new chapter as an Army private first class and plans to follow in his father's and grandfathers’ military footsteps.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The pride of Santa Elena's silletero families is palpable, with everyone from young children to grandmothers and grandfathers tracing the route of the culminating parade carrying their creations on their backs.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Danish-Nigerian sisters wore a combination of thrifted pieces and styles borrowed from the matriarchs of their family.—
Glenys Johnson,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In most families, grandmothers are pillars of support, legendary cooks, the matriarchs who are the keepers of all the family's stories (and secrets), and the very willing babysitter who frequently sweeps in to save date night.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is where our ancestors died protecting a way of life.—
Richard B. Williams,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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By this time, humans had arrived in North America, likely via the same Bering Land Bridge used by the lions’ ancestors.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The album only passingly cares about the signature dance-pop gunk of its 2010s and ’20s peers and forebears and doesn’t (like songs by Gomez, Addison Rae, and others) spend much time exploring Lana Del Rey as a subgenre.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Once upon a time, scholars thought that human evolution was a march of progress in which our forebears evolved in linear fashion from an apelike ancestor to a series of increasingly humanlike forms.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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The pair's progenitors engaged in a rendezvous that stripped off the outer layers of proto-Charon to create a disk of icy debris.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Though some futuristic progenitors didn’t make the original project (there’s still time for a deluxe), many listeners are celebrating the project as a cross-generational mesh of Atlanta greatness.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Grandmothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmothers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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