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Recent Examples of grandsire
Daemon insults young Tully by wishing his absent grandsire a hasty trip to the grave.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
As her grandsire Corlys (Steve Toussaint) settles in as the Hand of the Queen, Rhaenyra brings Queensguard Ser Steffon Darklyn (Anthony Flanagan) before the council.
—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 22 July 2024
He was renamed Honor A.P. as a tribute to his grandsire, A.P. Indy, who died in February at the age of 30.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2020
Writhing in pain, Rhaenyra tells her boys that their grandsire has died and Aegon has been crowned king.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022
With 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew and 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy part of his pedigree, Tapit also is the grandsire of last year’s shorter Belmont winner, Tiz the Law.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 5 June 2021
Sir Winston joined his dam sire, Afleet Alex, and one of his great-grandsires Affirmed as winners of the Belmont Stakes.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al.com, 8 June 2019
Sir Winston's maternal grandsire is 2005 Belmont winner Afleet Alex.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
His great grandsire is Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977.
—Neil Greenberg, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 7 July 2024
As her grandsire Corlys (Steve Toussaint) settles in as the Hand of the Queen, Rhaenyra brings Queensguard Ser Steffon Darklyn (Anthony Flanagan) before the council.
—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 22 July 2024
He was renamed Honor A.P. as a tribute to his grandsire, A.P. Indy, who died in February at the age of 30.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2020
Writhing in pain, Rhaenyra tells her boys that their grandsire has died and Aegon has been crowned king.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022
With 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew and 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy part of his pedigree, Tapit also is the grandsire of last year’s shorter Belmont winner, Tiz the Law.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 5 June 2021
Sir Winston joined his dam sire, Afleet Alex, and one of his great-grandsires Affirmed as winners of the Belmont Stakes.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al.com, 8 June 2019
Sir Winston's maternal grandsire is 2005 Belmont winner Afleet Alex.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
His great grandsire is Seattle Slew, a Triple Crown winner in 1977.
—Neil Greenberg, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandsire
Noun
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In wings and beak and crest, Formed like his sire, as in the feet before; But like the mare, his dam, in all the rest.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Many more of these moments would have rounded out Pagnol as a worthy sire beyond his literary laurels.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
Noun
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But the mere threat of a lawsuit opened a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch, the 93-year-old patriarch who controls the Journal, Fox News and other conservative media brands.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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But this summer, MacLean is stepping (slightly) outside romance with her These Summer Storms, out now, an inheritance drama about the secrets of a wealthy family on the coast of Rhode Island and the fallout following the death of their patriarch (think Succession).—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The intersection of these two facts does convince me that William's genealogical ancestress, Eliza Kewark, did have South Asian ancestry (not totally surprising even in notionally ethnically distinct groups like Armenians or Parsis who have been long resident in India).—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2013
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Instead of being a reticulated mesh the genealogy of mtDNA is a clean and inverted elegant tree leading back to a common ancestress.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
17 Nov. 2010
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After Smith’s grandmother and mother died, he was busted with cocaine and did a prison stint in New Jersey.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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In March 2025, nearly two decades after the first movie, Seyfried shared some behind-the-scenes details about the movie’s wrap party, including a hilarious moment with her grandmother.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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“Grandsire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandsire. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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