as in grandfather
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
The grandmother, per both outlets, was originally from Saratov and worked for a security company around Moscow.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Millet moved in with Echevarria after the suspect’s mother booted her son from her home for violent behavior and the victim’s ex-girlfriend, the suspect’s grandmother, asked him if her grandson could stay at his Lower East Side apartment, his daughter said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Young men have mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts and friends that are impacted.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
After a Kansas City grandmother, mother and granddaughter were killed in a triple shooting in Kansas City’s Northland, their three surviving dogs are looking for new homes.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Millet moved in with Echevarria after the suspect’s mother booted her son from her home for violent behavior and the victim’s ex-girlfriend, the suspect’s grandmother, asked him if her grandson could stay at his Lower East Side apartment, his daughter said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Young men have mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts and friends that are impacted.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
After a Kansas City grandmother, mother and granddaughter were killed in a triple shooting in Kansas City’s Northland, their three surviving dogs are looking for new homes.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
Noun
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The local carry-out spot, now run by third-generation owner Jermaine Blackmon, was originally opened in 1952 by his grandfather.—
Chyna Blackmon,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Feb. 2025
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Over breakfast on the day after the announcement was made, Venetia’s grandfather was reading the account of the new planet aloud from the paper and the young girl straightaway recommended the name Pluto, the ruler of the underworld.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After her father King George VI brought home a corgi named Dookie from a local kennel, the late monarch received a dog for her 18th birthday named Susan — who went on to be the matriarch of a long line of royal dogs.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The 1923 cast also includes Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton, Jacob’s wife and the matriarch of the ranch.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
21 Feb. 2025
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The intersection of these two facts does convince me that William's genealogical ancestress, Eliza Kewark, did have South Asian ancestry (not totally surprising even in notionally ethnically distinct groups like Armenians or Parsis who have been long resident in India).—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2013
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Instead of being a reticulated mesh the genealogy of mtDNA is a clean and inverted elegant tree leading back to a common ancestress.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
17 Nov. 2010
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“Grandmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmother. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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