matriarch
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She worked her way up in the celebrity and marketing world, which is where she met Jens Grede, her husband and business partner, as well as Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The household matriarch, Sylvia, 64, said it took them five hours of dousing with buckets to extinguish the flames.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Part of that idiom is the boisterous humour that the Punjab region is known for, portrayed in part through Sajawal's mother, the imposing matriarch Sohni Ammi.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
By the time she put the property on the market, the reality TV matriarch confirmed that she had moved out and into another estate she purchased in the same tony community of Hidden Hills.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
Again and again, the matriarch of the household wipes my sadness away with the end of her sari.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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