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In April, 2001, a little girl—Hale’s cousin—went missing while hiking with her grandparents through the Arkansas Ozarks forest.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Regardless, the influence of Amazing Stories’ founding in 1926 radiated throughout the genre’s history like the light through Bradbury’s grandparents’ window, with authors who had their debut in Amazing Stories running the canonical gamut from Asimov to Zelzany.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
In the 1970s, George and Rita Arnold moved to his grandparents’ farmstead, with its century-old red barn, to farm.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is offering one lucky road tripper $20,000 to take a Route 66 road trip with a grandparent.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Regardless, the influence of Amazing Stories’ founding in 1926 radiated throughout the genre’s history like the light through Bradbury’s grandparents’ window, with authors who had their debut in Amazing Stories running the canonical gamut from Asimov to Zelzany.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
In the 1970s, George and Rita Arnold moved to his grandparents’ farmstead, with its century-old red barn, to farm.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is offering one lucky road tripper $20,000 to take a Route 66 road trip with a grandparent.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for grandparent
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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