as in mom
a female human parent I told my ma that on Mother's Day we'd be dining at the town's toniest restaurant

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Recent Examples of ma The driver of the vehicle — identified as a 73-year-old ma — was arrested. Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020 Make sure to order off the ma-la menu, which is the chef's specialty. The Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020 All-inclusive fetes (also known as parties), boat rides, cooler fetes, j’ouvert and pretty mas on the road for Carnival Monday and Tuesday are a small sampling of things happening during Trinidad Carnival. Anquanette Gaspard, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019 Look ma, no cash:Will 2020 mark the start of a decade when Americans finally ditch cash and use digital wallets, credit cards? Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2019 See All Example Sentences for ma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ma
Noun
  • Here's the state of the living characters at the end of the show… What happened with Cady and her mom Penny?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 June 2025
  • My mom and their daughter Mira Nair roomed together in school.
    Romen Borsellino, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The mother plant gradually declines as the new plants form.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
  • The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 6 July 2024
Noun
  • Momma had a smooth labor and delivery and both mamma and baby are doing great!
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Elizabeth Banks is one hard-working mamma, and that’s just fine with her.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • What happens next is a woman in the very front looks all the long way back to my mama and says: Your turn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • But instead of meddlesome mamas making matches, the dating game now more closely resembles the stock market, with daters’ valuations charting up and down.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 June 2025

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“Ma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ma. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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