How to Use single parent in a Sentence
single parent
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In the 1960s, a female chemist goes on to be a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
— The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024 -
In the 1960s, a female chemist goes on to be a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
— The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024 -
And 81% of those single parent homes are headed by a mom.
— David G. Allan, CNN, 14 May 2023 -
In the 1960s, a female chemist becomes a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
— The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023 -
That was about a woman who was divorced and a single parent in a small New Hampshire town.
— Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024 -
And dad was forced to be a full-time single parent of two, including Kyrie’s sister Asia.
— Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2024 -
Don’t let being a single parent prevent you from doing the same with your kids.
— Jill Robi, Parents, 18 May 2024 -
The demands of grief and life overwhelmed me as a young widow, just 39 years old, and newly single parent.
— Charlotte Maya, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024 -
For Quattlebaum, who is a single parent, this has been the largest expense.
— Nayanika Guha, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Duncan struggled as a single parent to keep up with wealthy peers who often sent their kids to school with sushi.
— Rina Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023 -
That’s one-tenth of the median income for a married couple and more than one-third of the income of a single parent.
— Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024 -
After the loss of his wife, Myers became a single parent.
— Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024 -
What does health mean for a single parent trying to get by with little money?
— Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023 -
Seeing how hard his mom worked as a single parent, the NFL star said he was inspired to push himself and never give up.
— Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023 -
Thurman, who carried the full load of a single parent, loved being a mother.
— Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2024 -
One man loved his father, who had brought up three kids as single parent after his wife had died of cancer.
— Robin Stern and Marc Brackett, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023 -
His mom was a single parent struggling to raise three boys by herself in a rough neighborhood.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2024 -
That is an enormous amount of work in those first two years, especially as a single parent.
— Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Their friend and single parent needed money to move, so hoffman ran a fundraiser from their home.
— Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024 -
With those gigs often lasting a couple of days and Church being a single parent, Velez would sometimes have to tag along.
— Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 -
His mother, a single parent of nine, struggled with alcoholism, leaving him to take on the role of provider for his siblings.
— David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Divorced for several years, Spruill was a single parent to three children, ages 7, 8 and 13.
— Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023 -
Notably, 2-year-old Chuckie (voiced in the episode and much of the series by Christine Cavanaugh) was the only member of the adorable crew being raised by a single parent.
— John Russell, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024 -
After a divorce, O’Conner struggled to raise a daughter as a single parent.
— Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024 -
But Alyce Thompson believed her husband was dead and was trying to raise four young children as a single parent.
— Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024 -
Every Tuesday while her kids were at school, Maya set aside her overwhelming to-do list as a lawyer and widowed single parent.
— Jodie Sadowsky, CNN, 4 June 2023 -
But there were also moments when the solution wasn’t evident to me, and as a single parent, there was no other adult in the house to consult.
— Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2023 -
Especially when that someone is a single parent with a full-time job.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023 -
In some cases, a single parent's complaint can lead to a book disappearing from school shelves.
— Justine McDaniel, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023 -
In some cases, a single parent’s complaint can lead to a book disappearing from school shelves.
— Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
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