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matriarch

[mey-tree-ahrk] / ˈmeɪ triˌɑrk /


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Knowles is speaking to BBC News ahead of the publication of her new memoir, Matriarch.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

Graham tapped Doherty to play the psychologist who interviews Jamie after working with her on Hulu’s Victorian boxing drama “A Thousand Blows,” which Matriarch Productions also produced.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Midthunder plays Miss Matriarch as kind and eager, perhaps a little bit too eager.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2022

Two weeks ago, Mrs. Meggett, who has never used a cookbook during her 78 years in the kitchen, published her own: “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

“Young Mistress, the Matriarch wishes to see you in her quarters.”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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