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grandma

[gran-mah, -maw, grand-, gram-, gram-muh] / ˈgrænˌmɑ, -ˌmɔ, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-, ˈgræm mə /
NOUN
grandmother
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And while Manchester's skyline and music venues are constantly changing, making Grimshaw feel "like a grandma" whenever he returns, the "northern hospitality", as he puts it, remains the same.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

A few weeks ago, I got a text from my grandma: “A special delivery is on its way to you.”

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

We’d take grandma and grandpa home, drop the dogs off.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

My grandma loves shopping a bit too much, but she shops at thrift stores, so their shopping and entertainment expenses remain low.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

“When my grandma Mae read her newspaper, she’d say”—I do my best Grandma Mae impersonation—“ ‘The world is going to the squirrels.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko