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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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The Connecticut grandma is one of many older women finding unexpected fame online, with most of their audiences often young enough to be their grandchildren.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Landers said that, while the family figures out what to do with the cafe, he asked Bradley to keep it open like his grandma did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Emerson shrugs: “I mean my grandma definitely took me to a Passover thing once when I was like seven.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

“I have a bit longer before my grandma tells me to put up.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

While grandma-style cooking has been popular for about as long as we’ve had grandmas, it’s having a moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 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

“The grandmas and aunties ask how much,” Luu said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

Maybe her feisty grandmas on both sides, who were also anticipating this day, taught her that.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2024

She said it wasn’t just teens, but moms and grandmas, which she realized when she talked about it with a group at a Christmas party a couple months back.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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