granddaddy
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Not really, but CME Group, the granddaddy of derivatives exchanges, would like to keep it respectable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Good things can come in old packages, and that’s the case with the exchange-traded fund, the granddaddy of tech-focused ETFs, which trades under the ticker XLK.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
“The Oscars is the granddaddy of all award shows, so people expect something from the show that you have to honor,” Paine said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
GameStop, the granddaddy of meme stocks, has soared suddenly and sharply.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
My time with granddaddy slipped away as the domestic mill wheel gathered momentum, grinding its principal raw material—namely, me—into smaller and smaller scraps.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
HSCs are the granddaddies of the immune system, giving rise to all the other types of blood and immune cells including B and T cells, which are collectively known as lymphocytes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
I thought back to how Black grandmas and granddaddies filled the American streets in the 1960s, with Bibles in their hands, their brown and dark faces determined to be free.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021
At home, boys and men, fathers, uncles and granddaddies sat glued to their 18-inch Admiral TVs as they did every weekend night.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012
Some items pushed by the granddaddies of today's faddists have proved highly beneficial.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it.
From Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
