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Half of American parents don’t live near grandparents, who are the most likely to provide backup care.
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Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
My Eastern European great-grandparents met in Palestine in the 1920s but chose New York, believing America offered a safer future.
—Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Wang — who speaks Italian at a B2, or upper intermediate level, and has four great-grandparents from Sicily — had already made an appointment to recognize her citizenship, so hoped she might be treated as a case in progress.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
His grandparents lived next door, and the family had two tennis courts in their yard.
—Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
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Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
My Eastern European great-grandparents met in Palestine in the 1920s but chose New York, believing America offered a safer future.
—Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Wang — who speaks Italian at a B2, or upper intermediate level, and has four great-grandparents from Sicily — had already made an appointment to recognize her citizenship, so hoped she might be treated as a case in progress.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
His grandparents lived next door, and the family had two tennis courts in their yard.
—Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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grandparent
noun
grand·par·ent
ˈgran(d)-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a parent of one's father or mother
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