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Recent Examples of son
Pridham, whom The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler ranked as the 13th-best prospect in the Blackhawks’ system in April, is the son of former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant general manager Brandon Pridham.
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Scott Powers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
One night, somebody broke into our house by climbing through my son’s bedroom window and stole our boom box and all our cassettes.
—Miriam Toews, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Two years ago, Gary Oldman found himself in Yorkshire for the wedding of his oldest son, Alfie.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
His son has also joined the family business at Leak & Sons Funeral Home.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Scott Powers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
One night, somebody broke into our house by climbing through my son’s bedroom window and stole our boom box and all our cassettes.
—Miriam Toews, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Two years ago, Gary Oldman found himself in Yorkshire for the wedding of his oldest son, Alfie.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
His son has also joined the family business at Leak & Sons Funeral Home.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for son
Noun
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Only Ginsberg remained true to himself, Naomi and Lewis’ good Jewish boy from Patterson who inveighed against injustice and for the restorations of tikkun olam.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Bronzed pool boys in white uniforms serve artisan-gin cocktails to guests in big sun hats and designer togs, the breeze from Cabarita Beach rustling the pandanus trees on the lawn.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to mourn and needs the mother to be there.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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More strikes were reported in southern Lebanon earlier today, with the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reporting that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of four people, including children, after an airstrike hit a residential house in the town of Adloun.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Bell-to-bell phone bans are among the strategies proposed in a new Surgeon General's advisory warning of the threat excessive screen time can pose to kids.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/son. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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