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Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
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Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
This is Putin’s vision of the Russian world, a strong and blessed house with Russia as the paterfamilias, tough and occasionally harsh, but ultimately benevolent, sharing the fruits of Russian civilization with those who belong to its world.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
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Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
This is Putin’s vision of the Russian world, a strong and blessed house with Russia as the paterfamilias, tough and occasionally harsh, but ultimately benevolent, sharing the fruits of Russian civilization with those who belong to its world.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paterfamilias
patriarch
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But the mere threat of a lawsuit opened a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch, the 93-year-old patriarch who controls the Journal, Fox News and other conservative media brands.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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But this summer, MacLean is stepping (slightly) outside romance with her These Summer Storms, out now, an inheritance drama about the secrets of a wealthy family on the coast of Rhode Island and the fallout following the death of their patriarch (think Succession).—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
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“Paterfamilias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paterfamilias. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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