grandparents

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It cost him nearly £800 - a third of the money his grandparents had saved up - for two fillings and two replacement fillings.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But young customers are rare—“1 out of 100,” he says—and they are usually seeking less a timepiece than an old-timey tchotchke, “something their parents or grandparents had.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

As of 2021, there were 2.1 million grandparents with primary responsibility for their grandchildren.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Earlier this year, Italy tightened its citizenship-by-descent rules, restricting eligibility primarily to those with Italian parents or grandparents.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

We’re crammed in between my parents and my grandparents on one side of the table.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh