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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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His grandma, still alive at 101, taught him, “Don’t let anyone steal your joy.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 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

In the bond world that is grandma doing a backflip off the garage roof.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

She exchanges a look of awe and gratitude with my grandma.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Grandma-style cooking has been popular for about as long as we’ve had grandmas, but now it’s having a moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 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

"You've got mums, grandmas, survivors crying at these protests because of the devastation this issue has brought to our lives."

From BBC Feb. 18, 2025

I had one of the best little old grandmas a boy ever had, but she worried about me too much.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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