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Recent Examples of parental
For participants under 18 years old, a parental consent form will need to be filled out and for 14- and 15-year-olds, Ryser said parents are expected to accompany their child to class.
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
True to its roots, the company also offers generous perks such as a work-from-anywhere policy and six months of parental leave for workers regardless of their gender.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
These experts are helping design parental controls and safety guidelines.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
France and Nordic countries, pioneers in subsidized childcare and paid parental leave, maintain relatively higher fertility than peers.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Parents can adjust scrolling, personalization, and direct messages through ChatGPT parental controls.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
The jury, selected from Jasper County residents, found Porter guilty of two counts of parental kidnapping and two counts of kidnapping with the intent to terrorize his ex-wife.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
Our state is filled with hardworking families—Latino, Black, Asian, and white—who love this country, who believe in parental rights, who want their neighborhoods to be safe, and who believe children should be taught how to think, not what to think.
—Marie Alvarado Gil, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
After the family of Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its chief executive officer, Sam Altman, in August over the California high school student’s death, the company announced a slew of changes to ChatGPT, including parental controls.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
True to its roots, the company also offers generous perks such as a work-from-anywhere policy and six months of parental leave for workers regardless of their gender.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
These experts are helping design parental controls and safety guidelines.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
France and Nordic countries, pioneers in subsidized childcare and paid parental leave, maintain relatively higher fertility than peers.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Parents can adjust scrolling, personalization, and direct messages through ChatGPT parental controls.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
The jury, selected from Jasper County residents, found Porter guilty of two counts of parental kidnapping and two counts of kidnapping with the intent to terrorize his ex-wife.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
Our state is filled with hardworking families—Latino, Black, Asian, and white—who love this country, who believe in parental rights, who want their neighborhoods to be safe, and who believe children should be taught how to think, not what to think.
—Marie Alvarado Gil, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
After the family of Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its chief executive officer, Sam Altman, in August over the California high school student’s death, the company announced a slew of changes to ChatGPT, including parental controls.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parental
Adjective
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Among the areas covered in the survey were food insecurity, loneliness, their experience with the weather and maternal health.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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Shot in Germany and Montevideo, the film examines themes of accessibility, artistic expression and maternal identity.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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This is someone from his past who has this almost fatherly relationship to him, and that is when [Jake] finally releases [his pain].—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Iller captured attention online after sharing videos of Astro being fatherly towards Mars on TikTok (@wowcoolokaywow) and on their dedicated Instagram account (@halloweenkittties).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Parental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parental. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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