single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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In 2013, Hackman published Pursuit, a crime thriller about a single mother and police officer on the hunt for a killer. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Culkin has in the past made light of his challenging upbringing among seven siblings raised by a single mother once his parents separated in 1995. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025 Gallego is the son of parents who immigrated from Colombia and Mexico and was raised by his single mother. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 That means a single mother making $31,000 a year would not pay city income taxes. Christine Quinn, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single mother

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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