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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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The image of that breezy, boisterous grandma stayed with Steinem for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Emerson shrugs: “I mean my grandma definitely took me to a Passover thing once when I was like seven.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

I tell the story in the book of going to the grocery store with my grandma every weekend and it was owned by a local family.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

It was a very nice way to kill time with grandma, and not much more.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

She was a little shorter than his late grandma.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

These grandmas and grandpas aren’t like their own grandmas and grandpas.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Both grandmas reminded me how young America is and how much it has changed, mostly for the better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

"Be good when you get to the rainbow bridge, play with the older brothers and sisters, grandpas and grandmas from the neighbourhood," one user wrote.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

“There’s grandmas who can’t get around if their car isn’t near their door,” Jung said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Uncles, aunties, cousins, other grandmas, other grandpas, his mom, and Jason shared stories and pictures of Grandma in the Nazlini Chapter House after the interment.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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