single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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This comedy/romance/drama follows the true story of Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts in an Oscar-winning performance), a struggling single mother who, despite knowing little about legalese, fronts a lawsuit that would become groundbreaking on the environmental front. Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 According to Renee Brown, a single mother and bartender at The Railyard bar in Houston, Texas, rapper Post Malone channeled his inner Kris Kringle, gifting her an enormous tip on a day that started out unusually to begin with. Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025 An aspiring nurse, a single mother, and several university students were among those killed in the attack. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 Rebooting the Evil Dead series for the second time (after the successful 2013 iteration), this one moves the action to an L.A. apartment building where a single mother (the phenomenal Alyssa Sutherland) gets taken over by the same evil force that once terrorized poor Ash. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for single mother 

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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