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mother

Definition for mother

noun as in female person who has borne children

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An extended Easter special focused on Mary, the mother of Jesus, is especially personal to Scorsese and incorporates home movies.

Many girls in Gen Alpha -- a marketing term for youngsters born between 2010 and 2024 -- are adopting skincare, make-up and hair routines more typical of older teenagers or their mothers.

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My mother passed away last week, and I moved from Tennessee into my home in Florida, where she used to live while I served.

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It has a circular structure, contains 37 genes, and is inherited exclusively from the mother.

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But in many cases, even after a child returns to care, their adopted mother and father retain parental responsibility in law and remain in contact with them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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