1
as in dad
a male human parent
his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer
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as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art
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Recent Examples of sire
Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
A lot of women just want a sire.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
For instance, mouse fathers exposed to nicotine sire male pups with livers that are good at disarming not just nicotine but cocaine and other toxins as well.
—Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025
A lot of women just want a sire.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sire
Verb
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After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok applied it to the AI age, predicting that AI adoption will beget more jobs, not fewer.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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His dad, inspired by Barker, recently quit his job as a psychiatric nurse practitioner to become a full-time screenwriter.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Back in 2024, proud dad William told E!—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Lonnie Ali, the boxer's wife and co-founder of the Ali Center, is an executive producer and consultant on the project due out later this year.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Musk, who donated $38 million to OpenAI early on, wanted control of the for-profit; the other founders were against it.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Three women who had been kidnapped between 2002 and 2004 and the 6-year-old daughter one of them had while in captivity, fathered by kidnapper Ariel Castro, were rescued.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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McLaren The team fathered by 1960s Formula 1 and Can-Am driver and designer Bruce McLaren celebrates its 1,000th Grand Prix this week by taking over part of Coconut Grove.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Where else but the French Riviera could one first see Alexander Skarsgård becoming a dominant daddy in last year’s Pillion?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 May 2026
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Cassie overcoming her daddy issues, leaving Nate, and being successful.—
Zoë Haylock,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mamdani had spent the preceding weeks observing Ramadan alongside members of the city’s Muslim communities, breaking fast in iftar gatherings with union members or content creators.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The award marks further recognition of both creator-writer Raphael Montes, king of crime fiction in Brazil, and in this case HBO Max Latin America’s first original telenovela as global streamers move very successfully into the long series format.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Reilly and Grimes’ respective spin-offs come after Yellowstone ended its five-season run on Paramount Network in December 2024, having also spawned the prequel series 1883 and 1923.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 May 2026
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The property has spawned a slate of live games, as well as a film franchise.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Despite the pitching hiccups Friday night, the offense continued to produce.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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“Sire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sire. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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