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the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmothers
And so, even our mothers and grandmothers might stand corrected on their makeup techniques.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Oh, and Alessia and Priscilla happen to be cousins, as their grandmothers were sisters.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Each table marker features an image of the Abuela’s staff’s actual grandmothers, such as Escobar’s Doña Mary and Aguilar’s grandmother Doña Gloria.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
But the holiday spirit our mothers and grandmothers passed down wasn’t built on aesthetics or social approval.
—Essence, 15 Dec. 2025
That's because the emotional labor of being the family glue, which is so often taken on by our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters, is often under-appreciated.
—Ana Serrano, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2025
The ticket counter is now a welcome desk, and the benches by the entrance and the old coat check hold glass vitrines of pricey artwork and jewelry, not waiting grandmothers.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
In addition to Prime Minister, the company’s recent releases include Nonnas, the Vince Vaughn feature about a man who honors his late mother by opening a restaurant that hires Italian grandmothers as the chefs.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Anna now has a daughter of her own and soon, a stepdaughter and there’s a swap between grandmothers, granddaughters and step daughters.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Oh, and Alessia and Priscilla happen to be cousins, as their grandmothers were sisters.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Each table marker features an image of the Abuela’s staff’s actual grandmothers, such as Escobar’s Doña Mary and Aguilar’s grandmother Doña Gloria.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
But the holiday spirit our mothers and grandmothers passed down wasn’t built on aesthetics or social approval.
—Essence, 15 Dec. 2025
That's because the emotional labor of being the family glue, which is so often taken on by our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters, is often under-appreciated.
—Ana Serrano, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2025
The ticket counter is now a welcome desk, and the benches by the entrance and the old coat check hold glass vitrines of pricey artwork and jewelry, not waiting grandmothers.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025
In addition to Prime Minister, the company’s recent releases include Nonnas, the Vince Vaughn feature about a man who honors his late mother by opening a restaurant that hires Italian grandmothers as the chefs.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Anna now has a daughter of her own and soon, a stepdaughter and there’s a swap between grandmothers, granddaughters and step daughters.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmothers
Noun
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Their twins—John and William, named for their grandfathers—were lost.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Nov. 2025
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In his latest partnership with Ancestry as part of the organization’s Thank You for Your Service campaign, Bass got to learn even more about both of his grandfathers’ service in the war.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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After the death of their youngest sister, Sylvia and Helen attempt to navigate their grief, but a slight over a slice of apple cake keeps the matriarchs of the family in a decade-long feud.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Created by Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy), the Netflix Western stars powerhouse performers Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey as matriarchs on opposite ends of the class divide in 1850s Oregon.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Dec. 2025
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Our forefathers fought the American Revolution to get away from a tyrannical monarch and indifferent legislators, not to create our own homegrown version of it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Philadelphia Art Museum, the National Constitution Center, the Museum of the American Revolution, and smaller outfits like Eastern State Penitentiary and Historic Germantown will, as expected, reimagine the history of our republic in an homage to the forefathers’ ingenuity.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Susanne Hammel-Sawyer grew up in Santa Barbara knowing nearly nothing about the traditions of her Chumash ancestors.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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In October 2024, the lab firm used genealogical mapping, in which unidentified DNA is traced to relatives and ancestors to produce a more precise genetic profile and possible identity, to point to Contreras, according to the affidavit.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Dracula of Bram Stoker’s novel, a sophisticated aristocrat, remains, like his forebears, an unwelcome stranger.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Dutch — forebears of our city and exemplars of cycling culture — require fast e-bikes to be licensed and insured as mopeds.—
Sameer Butt,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani was born in Uganda to Indian parents, and Duwaji in Texas to Syrian Muslim progenitors.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
2 Jan. 2026
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Skye and Billy’s progenitors, by contrast, are revealed to have been free-spirited and independent-minded people who simply left out lots of their complicated, peripatetic story.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Grandmothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmothers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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