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the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmothers
In Arabic, tatreez refers to embroidery in general as well as the specific Palestinian form, which is often a social practice taught through generations by grandmothers and mothers.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Her mother and grandmothers were weavers, and looms were a staple in the home.
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Lua Vollaard,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
Some of my fondest memories with her take place in the kitchen, which was adorned with timeless decor, elegant dinnerware, and, like that of many grandmothers, vintage Tupperware.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
In the grandstands in Nkowankowa, few people had to be told the importance of grandmothers.
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Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Soto hopes her painting reminds everyone of their home, reminding them of their childhood and maybe with their grandmothers while also honoring the way immigrant families carry their culture through food, rituals and storytelling.
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Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
After a day out on the town, relax in the Les Ambassadeurs lounge, which draws see-and-be-seen Parisians with live music and a selection of over 100 Champagnes, or in the spa, with its indoor heated pool and treatments inspired by the beauty secrets of French grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
For my daughter’s graduation at the University of Georgia, both of her grandmothers were able to attend.
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Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Although many modern women have opportunities that our own grandmothers barely knew, living within a patriarchal system means that the majority of us are still raised to center men.
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Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Her mother and grandmothers were weavers, and looms were a staple in the home.
—
Lua Vollaard,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
Some of my fondest memories with her take place in the kitchen, which was adorned with timeless decor, elegant dinnerware, and, like that of many grandmothers, vintage Tupperware.
—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
In the grandstands in Nkowankowa, few people had to be told the importance of grandmothers.
—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Soto hopes her painting reminds everyone of their home, reminding them of their childhood and maybe with their grandmothers while also honoring the way immigrant families carry their culture through food, rituals and storytelling.
—
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
After a day out on the town, relax in the Les Ambassadeurs lounge, which draws see-and-be-seen Parisians with live music and a selection of over 100 Champagnes, or in the spa, with its indoor heated pool and treatments inspired by the beauty secrets of French grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
For my daughter’s graduation at the University of Georgia, both of her grandmothers were able to attend.
—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Although many modern women have opportunities that our own grandmothers barely knew, living within a patriarchal system means that the majority of us are still raised to center men.
—
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmothers
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College football is nothing without traditions (see above), and ripping Notre Dame-USC from the calendar robs the next generation of fans of both schools from enjoying the game their fathers and grandfathers remember.
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One of his great-great-grandfathers, Ned, was enslaved in Texas before being freed on Juneteenth.
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The matriarchs who fed the team.
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The road continues from Beersheba to Hebron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, purchased by Abraham some 3,800 years ago and traditionally regarded as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.
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Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.
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Moritz Grossmann was one of the forefathers of German watchmaking in Glashütte.
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Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.
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The driving force for the tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must unapologetically tell their own story, something their ancestors couldn’t do.
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Back home in Wilmington, Cynthia Brown built community the way her forebears had built houses—tirelessly and elegantly in the course of years.
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For anyone wanting to see or experience the sites and vestiges of Miami’s ancient inhabitants, the people known as Tequesta and their even more enigmatic Archaic forebears, there are only a few places to go.
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
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Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.
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