paternal
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Dewey had chosen California Gov. Earl Warren—my paternal grandfather—as his running mate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Sara Sharif's paternal grandfather has been granted guardianship of her siblings by a court in Pakistan.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Combining those efforts could eventually help researchers better understand paternal mortality across the United States and develop a system for tracking the problem nationally.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
He convinced Americans that he was a safe paternal figure who sold Jell-O pudding to giggling youngsters, who instilled wholesome values in children via Saturday morning cartoons.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
If anything, the ggeh was his one enduring vanity, a system paternal, how in the beginning people would come right to the house and ask for some money and his blessing.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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