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
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Those with more negative parenting feelings showed changes in the sensory cortex and cerebellum, which may relate to hyperemotional sensitivity to sensory information.
—Anthony Vaccaro, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Now, three years later, the 54-year-old actress says that the two are at peace while co-parenting their son.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Morrison began the business while caring for her father during his cancer treatment, balancing caregiving, parenting, and learning to run an online company.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Those with more negative parenting feelings showed changes in the sensory cortex and cerebellum, which may relate to hyperemotional sensitivity to sensory information.
—Anthony Vaccaro, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
And parenting without a mom leaves a gaping hole for many since mothers often provide instrumental support and emotional scaffolding needed in the postpartum period.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Now, three years later, the 54-year-old actress says that the two are at peace while co-parenting their son.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parenting
Noun
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Some are juggling the demands of jobs and parenthood.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Their friendship—and the commitment to creativity—has endured through job changes, relocations, and parenthood.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It is measured in the millions of students striving for opportunity—most of them raising children, working jobs, serving in uniform, or making rent and mortgage payments with other bills competing for their attention.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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One person might earn more while the other contributes in different but equally meaningful ways, like managing the home, raising kids and planning for the future.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Her body care brand, Brunel, featuring fragrances, wellness products, and skin-care formulas, just launched a collaboration with Bumpsuit, a maternity and postpartum clothing brand.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
29 Oct. 2025
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The research team followed 52 Somali and 71 Swedish women registered at a maternity health center in Borlänge, Sweden, collecting blood samples, clinical data and questionnaires during pregnancy and then following up two years later with delivery records.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Five years on, the incentive has proven transformative, driving studio expansion, nurturing talent and attracting a steady stream of high-profile international projects to French soil.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The president has been nurturing international relations, from currently hosting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary at the White House to a dinner last night with leaders from Central Asia.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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Over half of my years of mothering have been as a single mom.—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Or the crib with a dip alongside its edge, which Roe incorporated based on memories of leaning over the side of the crib in the early days of mothering.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Parenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenting. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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