as in mom
a female human parent
the little boy cried for his mommy
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Recent Examples of mommy
Lies, murder, and major mommy issues — just another day in the fictional town of Wellsbury, Mass.
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EW.com, 6 June 2025
And as if that weren’t bad enough, the stakes get raised even higher when Claire returns to the horse farm a few days later covered in her boyfriend’s blood and crying for her mommy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Leighton Meester will guest star as Abby, an Instagram mommy influencer and Joanne’s childhood nemesis.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 June 2025
Andor’s tightly-wound oddball with serious mommy issues finally met his end on episode 8 of the Star Wars series' second season, as Syril Karn was on the receiving end of a blaster bolt during the massacre of Ghorman.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 May 2025
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EW.com, 6 June 2025
And as if that weren’t bad enough, the stakes get raised even higher when Claire returns to the horse farm a few days later covered in her boyfriend’s blood and crying for her mommy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Leighton Meester will guest star as Abby, an Instagram mommy influencer and Joanne’s childhood nemesis.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 June 2025
Andor’s tightly-wound oddball with serious mommy issues finally met his end on episode 8 of the Star Wars series' second season, as Syril Karn was on the receiving end of a blaster bolt during the massacre of Ghorman.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mommy
Noun
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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
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The entrepreneur and mom of two, 39, recently teamed up with CoComelon for the series’ Gotta Go Zone event on Saturday, June 21 in Los Angeles, where families hung out with characters Nina, JJ and Cody and learned how to make potty training fun as part of the CoComelon Can Help campaign.—
Jack Irvin,
People.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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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
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And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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“Mommy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mommy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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