sires 1 of 2

noun

plural of sire
1
as in dads
a male human parent his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer

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2
as in founders
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art

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sires

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sire
as in fathers
to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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Recent Examples of sires
Noun
But plenty of champion horses do not produce champion kids, and plenty of lesser racehorses turn out to be outstanding sires. — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sires
  1. dads
  2. founders
  3. fathers
  4. creators
  5. daddies
  6. authors
Noun
  • Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Xu Fu and Ma Junsheng also play surrogate dads to Seif, whose increasingly violent eruptions threaten to change the course of his life more than once.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dads
Noun
  • The following week, Zuckerberg’s lawyers sent a letter asking for a pay package similar to those made to other tech founders, partly so Zuckerberg could pay a potential tax bill.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Alphabet made a similar move in 2014, executing a 2-for-1 stock split that introduced non-voting shares alongside super-voting shares, which allowed the combined control of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to remain at just over 50%.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of founders
Noun
  • Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly every player on the team is a dad, with seemingly a few players becoming first-time fathers each of the past few seasons.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fathers
Noun
  • Some creators recommend the bag, positioning it as the ultimate back-to-school design.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Here, members of Forbes Agency Council share ways to turn creators into genuine strategic partners in holiday campaigns.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of creators
Noun
  • Everyone has heard of the ‘crazy cat lady,’ but cat daddies have their own cultural stereotypes.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
Definition of daddies
Noun
  • Now that those demographics are changing and there are more non-white authors getting book deals and winning awards, there’s an emerging resentment, especially on social media.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The new figure is a sharper downgrade than the authors’ earlier Hoover analysis.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of authors

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