granddaddy
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But Arnott’s comments came before the granddaddy of them all did something surprising: It stuck to its rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Good things can come in old packages, and that’s the case with the exchange-traded fund, the granddaddy of tech-focused ETFs, which trades under the ticker XLK.
From Barron's ● May 1, 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
GameStop, the granddaddy of meme stocks, has soared suddenly and sharply.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
I missed Mama Lessie, but I still had my wonderful granddaddy.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
HSCs are the granddaddies of the immune system, giving rise to all the other types of blood and immune cells including B and T cells, which are collectively known as lymphocytes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
I thought back to how Black grandmas and granddaddies filled the American streets in the 1960s, with Bibles in their hands, their brown and dark faces determined to be free.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021
At home, boys and men, fathers, uncles and granddaddies sat glued to their 18-inch Admiral TVs as they did every weekend night.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012
One of the jeweled granddaddies of museums reopens after a major expansion and renovation by the architects Voorsanger & Associates.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it.
From Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
