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our forefathers bought this farm, and our family has worked it for three generations
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The triumphs of his forefathers, the great king Akbar and Shah Jahan, have been written out of history textbooks, Rezavi said, or not taught in schools.
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Boland is one of them, as well as a forefather of the Red Dirt genre.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
Named after their great-grandfather, three brothers live with their families in the village, carrying on the traditional pottery work of their forefathers.
—Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The statistics were grim—twenty-first-century males were, relative to their forefathers and their female contemporaries, much more likely to fall behind in school, drop out of college, languish in the workforce, or die by overdose or suicide.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Boland is one of them, as well as a forefather of the Red Dirt genre.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
Named after their great-grandfather, three brothers live with their families in the village, carrying on the traditional pottery work of their forefathers.
—Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
The statistics were grim—twenty-first-century males were, relative to their forefathers and their female contemporaries, much more likely to fall behind in school, drop out of college, languish in the workforce, or die by overdose or suicide.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Forefather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forefather. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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forefather
noun
fore·fa·ther
ˈfō(ə)r-ˌfät͟h-ər 
ˈfȯ(ə)r-,
-ˌfȧt͟h-
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: a person of an earlier period and similar culture
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