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daddy

[dad-ee] / ˈdæd i /
NOUN
dad
Synonyms


NOUN
papa
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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“Your daddy is a work in progress, I’m a work in progress,” she sighs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It’s a bit of a feint, because the game is also going to be aired on its free broadcast daddy, ABC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"My dad wasn't an educated man, he wasn't able to read and write, but my daddy had a great sense of business," she told the BBC's World Service in 2017.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Your daddy probably told you all about it, what with his brother and all.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"This is about validating the grief of these mummies and daddies - putting it in stone that this wee person existed," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025

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

“Videos will be shown to the students including one where it says, ‘some kids have 2 mommies, some have 2 daddies’.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

They’d already been on the previous Friday to see their daddies, and every one of them had gotten car sick on the way there and back.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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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