mommies

plural of mommy
as in moms
a female human parent the little boy cried for his mommy

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Recent Examples of mommies Just single mommies supporting each other at Duckling Day. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 10 May 2026 Some people's mommies and daddies really, really struggle with money, and that is not something to ever make fun of somebody for. — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Separately, the pediatricians recommend a vaccine-like medication for those infants whose moms weren't vaccinated and some other high-risk babies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • After consumers responded favorably to this more authentic casting, Jerome Bettis and Michael Strahan got in the soup-shilling game with their respective moms.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For Salvadoran-American food historian Karla Tatiana Vasquez, what started as a quest to document the recipes of her past transformed into the preservation of history from the spoken accounts of grandmothers, mothers and friends.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • With soaring childcare costs pushing young mothers out of the workforce, private investment in early learning is likely to keep drawing attention.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Mommies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mommies. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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