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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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My grandma took me to like a K-Mart or something, and told me that I could get any movie that I wanted.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

I tell the story in the book of going to the grocery store with my grandma every weekend and it was owned by a local family.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

In the bond world that is grandma doing a backflip off the garage roof.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

And Lady Gaga, Mother Monster though she is, has spent her short but promising acting career channeling grandma, which I mean with the utmost respect and adoration.

From Salon May 10, 2026

Her grandma immigrated to Britain in the 1950s, and she says that being uprooted and starting again was something that she never got over.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

These grandmas and grandpas aren’t like their own grandmas and grandpas.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Both grandmas reminded me how young America is and how much it has changed, mostly for the better.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

"Be good when you get to the rainbow bridge, play with the older brothers and sisters, grandpas and grandmas from the neighbourhood," one user wrote.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

In Asian culture, there are lots of shrines in homes, ancestral shrines with pictures of grandmas and candles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2025

Uncles, aunties, cousins, other grandmas, other grandpas, his mom, and Jason shared stories and pictures of Grandma in the Nazlini Chapter House after the interment.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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