granddaddy
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But Arnott’s comments came before the granddaddy of them all did something surprising: It stuck to its rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
If you get lost in the luminous orange peepers of housecats or the baby blues of white tigers, thank the granddaddy of all felines—an ocelotlike creature that lived more than 30 million years ago.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 13, 2023
“His world was turned upside down. He doesn’t even know it. We asked him who we could call and he said, ‘call my granddaddy, call my granddaddy,’” Koon said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
According to my granddaddy, Jacksons don’t cry—we suck it up and deal with it.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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 Griffis, William Elliot
