as in parenthood
the caring for a child by its parents
as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting
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to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education
They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first.
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Recent Examples of parenting
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
But Cindy's Halloween Reboot Backwoods Paranoia, and Brenda's louche, party-forward approach to parenting haven't exactly set the next generation up to respond well when the Ghostface killer from the flagship returns to terrorize Cindy's youngest, Tuesday (wink).
—Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Between work, caring for her 78-year-old mother − whose symptoms have worsened with age − and parenting two kids, Schlapman often feels the need to be in multiple places at once.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 30 May 2026
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Noun
This month’s picks feature natural histories of American megafauna, domestic memoirs of parenting while trans, biographies of radical anthropologists, and much, much more.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
But Cindy's Halloween Reboot Backwoods Paranoia, and Brenda's louche, party-forward approach to parenting haven't exactly set the next generation up to respond well when the Ghostface killer from the flagship returns to terrorize Cindy's youngest, Tuesday (wink).
—Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Verb
Belc is a thoroughly charming narrator of everything from finding meaning in the work of Deb Perelman and Ina Garten to parenting as a trans man to the maddening and joyful mundanity of running a household.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Between work, caring for her 78-year-old mother − whose symptoms have worsened with age − and parenting two kids, Schlapman often feels the need to be in multiple places at once.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parenting
Noun
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Today, the couple divides their time between a mix of philanthropic and commercial projects while juggling parenthood to their young children, which Meghan opened up about in an exclusive PEOPLE interview last year.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Balancing work and parenthood is never easy.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Verb
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So, climbing one rung higher and losing to a different team will lead to raising the Cup?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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Elon Musk's mega-conglomerate SpaceX made history on Thursday, raising $75 billion in the biggest initial public offering on record.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Tours visit one chamber which became the village’s maternity ward.—
Pavlo Fedykovych,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Roizman’s findings led to better hygiene in maternity wards, and a dramatic decrease in HSV infections in neonatal wards.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Verb
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The nurturing Moon enters your 6th House of Daily Routine, nudging you to set a clear calendar block that protects your focus.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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Modeling found her first and acting came later, after years of secretly nurturing ambitions inspired by European auteurs such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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Yet the history of motherhood has remained largely untold, and the narrative is not often driven by the people who do the actual mothering.—
Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Each statue the perfect epitome of silent, mothering, virginal womanhood that Ireland had come to worship.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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“Parenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenting. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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