as in mother
a person who brings forth and raises a child
The couple recently became parents for the first time. She grew up in a single parent household.
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as in to raise
to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education
They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first.
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Recent Examples of parent
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Five others were born to immigrant parents and two others have immigrant grandparents or great-grandparents.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The lesson stayed with Steve and became a guiding principle in his own approach to parenting.
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Yolanda Harris,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
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Noun
Carlos Raphael Moersen, Tottenham’s new director of football operations, is cited as a key influence on contracts and payment structures following his arrival from the City Football Group, Manchester City’s parent company, in January.
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Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Five others were born to immigrant parents and two others have immigrant grandparents or great-grandparents.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Verb
Just as reading books about parenting before having a child has value.
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Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The lesson stayed with Steve and became a guiding principle in his own approach to parenting.
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Yolanda Harris,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parent
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The infant, who is 9 months old, was rescued along with her mother, the State Department told Fox News Digital.
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Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief.
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But the data center boom has raised many questions about land use, the resources the complexes consume and the risk of costs being spread to other Georgia residents and businesses.
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Gonzales ran with a platform decisively to the left, supporting Medicare-for-all, raising the minimum wage and cracking down on junk fees.
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Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
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They were first spotted together as a couple in September 2023, when Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game alongside Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce.
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That was huge, because Mary has had the realization that what was supposed to be a nurturing maternal force in her life had a damaging impact on her.
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Driven by a love of music nurtured in their living room, Southern California brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson rented musical instruments using grocery money left by their parents during a short vacation to Mexico back in 1961.
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In Washington, supporters argue that decades of foreign assistance fostered dependency and failed to advance American interests.
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Indiana’s goal over the next three years is to discover and foster a new wave of Italian comic talent, using Rome’s Teatro Anfitrione as a laboratory that will put on a series of live comedy shows.
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“Parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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