single parent

noun

: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner

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Meanwhile, in Florida, Sánchez’s 40-year-old husband is grappling with the sudden reality of being a single parent. Andrea Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025 Marjorie Flack The Country Bunny is a single parent with 21 children. Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 6 May 2025 Dating as a single parent is already fraught with the dilemma of how, when and if to disclose the existence of your child, a decision as much about the child’s welfare as anything else, but which also tends to confer the status of a secret that must be managed on single parenthood. Catherine Bray, Variety, 24 May 2025 There was no mention of how the government might aid families during school closures, or, for example, about what a single parent with a job as a cashier in a grocery store and a 4-year-old at home was supposed to do. David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single parent

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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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