as in mother
a person who brings forth and raises a child
The couple recently became parents for the first time. She grew up in a single parent household.
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as in to raise
to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education
They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first.
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Recent Examples of parent
Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
The student reported it to her parents and school administrators, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
People In leading people, take a page from parenting: Establish a handful of rules, repeat yourself a lot, and act consistently with those rules.
—Verne Harnish, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Adding to Stoll’s humiliation, then, is the fact that McIlroy did an interview with the reporter after his victory, and—gasp—didn’t mention his wife, just his parents and daughter.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
The student reported it to her parents and school administrators, officials said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Psychologists, doctors, early education teachers, and parenting experts have all expressed concern about the ethics of monetizing a child’s presence online and the exploitation kid influencers are often exposed to.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
People In leading people, take a page from parenting: Establish a handful of rules, repeat yourself a lot, and act consistently with those rules.
—Verne Harnish, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parent
Noun
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The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
6 July 2024
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And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
Verb
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At the same time, these updates raise questions about the Oscars broadcast itself.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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But at the mention of Wade, the mood in the room immediately shifted; all around me, eyebrows raised.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Judah discovered his double portion, while his dad had one and mom had none.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Howlett, a mom of tween twins in Boulder, Colorado Lies that End Up Bringing Lasting Joy Finally, sometimes lies end up being enriching and unexpectedly sweet.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Our culture is built on five core values: being customer-centric, fostering collaboration, driving results, nurturing talent and upholding integrity.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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As one of the key A festivals, Locarno is fully committed to generating new spaces where creativity is welcomed and nurtured.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
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This approach fosters a hybrid workforce, where human expertise and AI agents collaborate seamlessly to enhance both efficiency and innovation.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Terri Taylor, a strategy director at the Lumina Foundation, a heavyweight funder with one and a half billion dollars in assets, told me that a group of twenty organizations joined a call in December, after Trump’s reëlection, to trade notes on efforts to foster dialogue on campuses.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parent. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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