as in matriarch
the mother of your father or mother
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Recent Examples of grandmother
Gregory’s grandmother had colon cancer, a case that required a colostomy.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
Burden is a descendant, on her father’s side, of the railroad-and-shipping titan Cornelius Vanderbilt and, on her mother’s side, of Henry Morgan Tilford, one of the founders of Standard Oil; her maternal grandmother was the socialite Babe Paley.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
In 2023, Johannes Heck, a clinical pharmacologist, found his old Pokémon card collection from the late 90s at his grandmother’s house.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Crater Harris, on the other hand, disagrees with the notion that her great-grandmother would have been social media-averse.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
Burden is a descendant, on her father’s side, of the railroad-and-shipping titan Cornelius Vanderbilt and, on her mother’s side, of Henry Morgan Tilford, one of the founders of Standard Oil; her maternal grandmother was the socialite Babe Paley.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
In 2023, Johannes Heck, a clinical pharmacologist, found his old Pokémon card collection from the late 90s at his grandmother’s house.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Crater Harris, on the other hand, disagrees with the notion that her great-grandmother would have been social media-averse.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandmother
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The indomitable matriarch Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh) is typically considered the villain of this American epic.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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The film is set in a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, where Pirati is the matriarch of a Kinnar community.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Alice, Dana’s ancestress, never becomes much more than a moral quandary: a stubborn victim who is unable to adapt.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2021
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Yang Asha is the mythical ancestress of the Miao people, an ethnic minority in China closely related to the Hmong of Southeast Asia.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
26 Nov. 2020
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Durglo is inextricably tied to this landscape; his ancestors have lived on this land for centuries.—
Ellis Juhlin,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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The Barkindji people have shown this small, elderly dingo the same care their ancestors did.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Through our hair and its many rituals, remain the herbalism of our foremothers in the new world, passing down their ingenuity of homemade balms, creams, and oils for hair growth.—
Eshe Ukweli,
refinery29.com,
7 June 2023
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In fact, precursors to modern bleaching processes didn’t come on the scene until the turn of the 20th century, leaving our foremothers and forefathers plenty of time to get creative with their blonde pursuits.—
AJ Willingham,
CNN,
28 May 2023
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“Grandmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandmother. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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