as in mom
a female human parent
he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken
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as in maternal
of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother
she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own
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as in to have
to bring forth from the womb
I hope to mother at least one child
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as in to nurse
to attend to the needs and comforts of
mothered the patients with chicken soup
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Recent Examples of mother
FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Lopez said she’s been living with her mother in San Diego while working two part-time jobs.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
During the foster season, officials move captive pups into existing litters where they can be mothered by wild wolves.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Continue reading … HOLIDAY HORROR — Easter egg hunt tragedy leaves young mother, her baby and teenager dead.
—FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Lopez said she’s been living with her mother in San Diego while working two part-time jobs.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
The two pandas were born in 2021 at the Ueno Zoo, to mother Shin Shin and father Ri Ri.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
During the foster season, officials move captive pups into existing litters where they can be mothered by wild wolves.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother
Noun
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The David family from Fruitland — consisting of dad Ryan, mom Evelyn and daughters Kairi (15) and Rivkkah (13) — had waited for 20 minutes and were about halfway through the line that snaked from the shop door and trailed back nearly to the entry gate.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
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Whether or not a school-age child spends their school day on a screen shouldn’t be dependent on where mom or dad can find a job.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The middle of three kids, Reilly’s love of the game was passed down through a special bond with his maternal grandfather.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The data revealed that women who’d taken a GLP-1 had lower odds of negative maternal outcomes compared with the women taking other diabetes medications.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The brothers had a disagreement a couple of years ago and their friendship has suffered a rift.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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While data centers typically have a decades-long lifecycle, the average lifecycle of a GPU is around seven years.—
April Roach,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Vientos manned first base Thursday with Jorge Polanco still nursing a sore Achilles tendon.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Wiseman was married to nurse Carroll Taylor, who died of cancer in 2020.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This story was produced with financial support from Trish and Dan Bell and donors in South Florida’s Jewish and Muslim communities, including Khalid and Diana Mirza and the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Foundation, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Back-to-back one-out doubles from Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya produced the Cubs’ lone run in the third.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Premier League is working in partnership with White Ribbon UK — a charity engaging men and boys about violence against women — and aims to deliver activity that supports gender equality.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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One night, Nathan Calvin, a twenty-nine-year-old lawyer who worked at the nonprofit Encode and had helped craft the bill, was at home having dinner with his wife when a process server arrived to deliver a subpoena from OpenAI.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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From the beginning, Rolling Stone had a fitful relationship with the counterculture that birthed it, Richardson reports.—
James Sullivan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Moreover, the trim little contraption cut a wholesome figure reminiscent of a Richard Scarry book—as if a courtesy tram birthed a tiny Zamboni.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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