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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestresses
Noun
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Our mothers represent something much more different to what their grandmothers experienced, for example.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Raised by his two grandmothers, Muhammad, 45, drew from their wisdom and life lessons.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Now this may be simply because a few uniquely talented craftsman build each Torpedo by hand on a small Swedish island where their ancestors have literally been building boats for more than 1000 years.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Their ancestors evolved in dry areas, so this element can feel unfamiliar to them.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Ancestresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestresses. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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