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mamas

noun

variants also mammas or mommas

plural of mama

as in moms

a female human parent I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself

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Recent Examples of mamas This one's for all the chocolate-loving mamas out there. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 The funny women are both proud blonde mamas and are even within an inch of each other's height. — Laura Lane, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 The beach belongs to babies, Bikini mamas, and the old. — Patricia Lockwood, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2026 Those new doe mommas need to eat and will be out and about looking for food. — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026 One Sunday in May, mamas are celebrated. — Danielle Atkinson, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2025 For this reason, expecting mamas should consider taking a prenatal breastfeeding class. — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025 While the comparison of slave babies being taken from their mommas, and immigrant children being separated from their parents might seem a bit harsh to some, the pain is the same. — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

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The California State Senate passed a bill Thursday to regulate potential toxins in diapers — a product moms, dads and caregivers may use up to 8,000 times before a child is potty-trained.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
The moms, dads, wives, husbands, daughters and sons whose lives were upended.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of moms

Noun

The returning season will see new faces, and the return of the couple’s mothers, Penny Baines and Sarah Wigley, plus Sophie’s sister Georgia Habboo, and Jamie’s best-friend, Oliver Proudlock.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
For the mothers Fields, Hobbs, and Howard, the sudden, unexpected death of their children cut deep.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

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