as in grandfather
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
Three hours later, after the message from the landlord and several failed calls to the police, Kelley went over to check on her grandmother herself.
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Michelle McGahan, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Jason Carter, another grandson, praised his grandfather and his grandmother, the late First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023.
—Bill Barrow and Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Among the images in the carousel was also one of the girls smiling with their grandmother, Sameha Kotb.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
But now people keep moving out so there’s only three or four of us in the house, including my own grandmother.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Michelle McGahan, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Jason Carter, another grandson, praised his grandfather and his grandmother, the late First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023.
—Bill Barrow and Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Among the images in the carousel was also one of the girls smiling with their grandmother, Sameha Kotb.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
But now people keep moving out so there’s only three or four of us in the house, including my own grandmother.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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Patrick Mahomes’ grandfather has entered hospice, the Chiefs MVP quarterback’s mother revealed Friday morning.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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Read More: What to Know About Trump’s Order on Birthright Citizenship and the Legal Battle Around It Seventy years ago, my grandfather, Arturo Martinez, left the small town of Buga, Colombia, to pursue a science degree in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lao Wang Noodle House, which has served as the literal matriarch and patriarch of Denver’s soup dumpling scene for a quarter of a century, will close on Feb. 15.—
Jonathan Shikes,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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The matriarch of the illustrious Quartermaine family, Monica owns the coveted Quartermaine Mansion and is the former chief of staff and most recent board chairman of General Hospital.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
13 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2025.
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