granddaddy

Example Sentences

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“The Oscars is the granddaddy of all award shows, so people expect something from the show that you have to honor,” Paine said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

When you look at the opportunity to bring in 15, 17 years of experience, pedigree, pipeline, timeline, management, all of those things from really the granddaddy system of them all, that is always extremely interesting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

If you get lost in the luminous orange peepers of housecats or the baby blues of white tigers, thank the granddaddy of all felines—an ocelotlike creature that lived more than 30 million years ago.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 13, 2023

In an era facing both a reborn nuclear threat and global climate catastrophe, the granddaddy of movie monsters still has a lot to tell humanity.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

That’s something only my granddaddy would say, but he may have a point.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas