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daddy

[dad-ee] / ˈdæd i /
NOUN
dad
Synonyms


NOUN
papa
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Offered $100 a week to sing at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, Callan replied, “I don’t know know whether my daddy would let me do that.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“I think there’s definitely a wish to provide for his mother, and to be the daddy of Team Green,” actor Ewan Mitchell said, referring to a fan name for his family’s faction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

“My daddy was the goalie for the Hungarian national ice hockey team.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

In the end, Lachlan received the long-sought kiss from daddy while James discovered, through an assortment of leaks, how much his mother and father couldn’t stomach him.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

The questions about my daddy cut like a raging river between us, threatening to tear us apart.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

He adds: "Putin was playing this sort of very, very, I suppose, traditional Soviet leadership role, but he was doing it in an era of the reality show, MTV and sugar daddies."

From BBC May 30, 2026

But they’re also doing something many child-free cat ladies and cat daddies can relate to on a scale that suits them – growing food, making butter, harvesting eggs.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2024

“I trust mamas, I trust daddies, to deal with the health care of their children.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

Wyatt told his mother “some people’s daddies leave and they get hurt and they don’t come home,” but she tried to reassure him.

From New York Times May 14, 2023

Maybe each of them is thinking their own dream—of daddies and uncles, brothers and cousins one day being free to come on board.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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