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Noun
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Rebekah, in the Hebrew Bible, matriarch who is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob, both key patriarchs.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026 -
What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever?—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In Waorani territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon, two grandmothers reacts differently as a road cuts into the forest.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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The audience in Newark reflected this diverse age range, with toddlers, grandmothers, and everyone in between in attendance.—
Danny Hajjar,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
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But Sterling also likes to return to her roots and whip up a simple 15-minute pasta dinner that reminds her of one of her beloved matriarchs.—
Karla Walsh,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Upending age-old narrative traditions, Paul’s heroism takes a sinister turn when Herbert reveals that the Bene Gesserit, an Illuminati-like secretive order of psychic matriarchs, has long been conditioning the Fremen to expect the arrival of a messiah, or mahdi, in their native tongue.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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