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a male human parent
my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom
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Recent Examples of dads
One study, though, done at a hospital in Canada, found that dads are just as good as moms at detecting fever with their hands.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Back in Atlanta, the dads are holding things down.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety After winding up Gayle King’s birthday surprise, Williams got on the phone with Variety to talk about the song’s 60-year life as a perennial favorite of boyfriends, husbands, doting dads and presidents.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Most moms and dads consider the first few years of parenting to be among the hardest.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
This is the question posed in a Reddit thread that has spurred a lot of conversation among new and been-there-done-that moms and dads.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Procrastinating his one shopping task until the 11th hour, Howard spends Christmas Eve on a zany citywide hunt for the impossible-to-find Turbo Man action figure his son (Jake Lloyd) wants — and no amount of mall Santas, policemen or rival dads (Sinbad) can get in his way.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Hopefully both of Mel's remaining dads can find harmony moving forward.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Many shared their appreciation for what their dads have done for them in the past.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Back in Atlanta, the dads are holding things down.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Popular on Variety After winding up Gayle King’s birthday surprise, Williams got on the phone with Variety to talk about the song’s 60-year life as a perennial favorite of boyfriends, husbands, doting dads and presidents.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Most moms and dads consider the first few years of parenting to be among the hardest.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
This is the question posed in a Reddit thread that has spurred a lot of conversation among new and been-there-done-that moms and dads.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Procrastinating his one shopping task until the 11th hour, Howard spends Christmas Eve on a zany citywide hunt for the impossible-to-find Turbo Man action figure his son (Jake Lloyd) wants — and no amount of mall Santas, policemen or rival dads (Sinbad) can get in his way.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Hopefully both of Mel's remaining dads can find harmony moving forward.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Many shared their appreciation for what their dads have done for them in the past.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Dads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dads. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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