single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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Deanna Cawley-Ford is a single mother with two children who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is going through treatment. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025 Written, directed, and produced by Perry, Straw is a psychological drama that follows a single mother who struggles to care for her critically ill daughter. EW.com, 18 June 2025 Raised by a single mother in a poor neighborhood in Baltimore, Boone received a scholarship to a prestigious New England boarding school with the help of a school counselor. Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 June 2025 The book is about a woman, Nora, who is a single mother living in a communal house in Melbourne, as Garner did. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for single mother

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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