as in grandfather
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
The grand ballroom where my grandmother once insisted on the best table in the house is now a dangerous shell.
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Sara Fredman Aeder, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
The baby’s grandmother, Krista Bryant, works as a nursing assistant in the hospital’s labor and delivery department but was not working on Jan. 1.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
Turns out, our grandmothers were right to carry it around in their purses.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
The property, investigators noted, is owned by Rivard’s grandmother, who told deputies Rivard believed Drass or someone else was tasked to care for the animals.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sara Fredman Aeder, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
The baby’s grandmother, Krista Bryant, works as a nursing assistant in the hospital’s labor and delivery department but was not working on Jan. 1.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
Turns out, our grandmothers were right to carry it around in their purses.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
The property, investigators noted, is owned by Rivard’s grandmother, who told deputies Rivard believed Drass or someone else was tasked to care for the animals.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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Inside of the garage was the 1966 Triumph Tiger Cub motorcycle that his grandfather had left him as a memento.Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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In her personal life, Nona is the mother of at least one child, a son named Nolan Pentz, whose middle name is shared with his famous grandfather.Emy LaCroix, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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In 2016, the Dune actress appeared alongside the 32-time Grammy winner in the latter’s Lemonade album film, and Bey’s mom, Tina Knowles, even said in April that Z reminds the matriarch of her famous eldest daughter.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2025
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The sisters, their kids, and matriarch Kris Jenner posed in matching pajamas for a special screening at Kim Kardashian’s home, which had been transformed into a pink and green wonderland.Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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