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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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“My grandma speaks fluent Spanish, and she talks to me, my brothers, and my sister in Spanish, and we answer in English,” says Uttapa on Zoom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 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

And after that, I’m going to have to put any girlfriend through the grandma test.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

With a fanbase that included grandmas and Gen-Zers, Republicans and Democrats, drag queens and evangelicals, Parton was a kind of unicorn in America's polarised society.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

They’re occasionally joined by the family’s matriarch, Kris, the hot grandma to end all hot grandmas, who recently got a face-lift so impressive that it became national news.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 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

In Asian culture, there are lots of shrines in homes, ancestral shrines with pictures of grandmas and candles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2025

She wanted everyone to know how her mom would just die if Isabelle wasn’t also a part of the Alpha Omega Toe Jam legacy like her grandmas on both sides.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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