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as in dad
a male human parent
I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish
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as in ancestor
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours
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Recent Examples of daddy
Dirt bikers, ballroom and ballet dancers, bodybuilders, scuba divers, leather daddies and jockeys all jockey for attention in the quirky images, lensed by Juergen Teller against a white backdrop.
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Miles Socha, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Neither scale nor daddy longlegs would eat chunks out of the foliage.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
And so, on June 15, 2024, Ashley and Nick became husband and wife, reciting their vows in front of the most important people in their lives, including their baby boy, Nico, who was dressed to impress and to match daddy for his first wedding.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Oct. 2024
My daddy would play Jerry Jeff Walker, Merle Haggard, Guy Clark, John Prine.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Miles Socha, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
Neither scale nor daddy longlegs would eat chunks out of the foliage.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
And so, on June 15, 2024, Ashley and Nick became husband and wife, reciting their vows in front of the most important people in their lives, including their baby boy, Nico, who was dressed to impress and to match daddy for his first wedding.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Oct. 2024
My daddy would play Jerry Jeff Walker, Merle Haggard, Guy Clark, John Prine.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Jim Thomas, who took over the business when his dad retired, welcomed customers in for the party, along with many members of his family, including his wife, Josephine, his sister, Michele, and his mother, Dorothy (who made Cornish pasties by hand just for the occasion).Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Patrick Mahomes' daughter Sterling Skye has an adorable message for anyone trying to take the ball from her dad during Kansas City Chiefs games.Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough and an ancestor of Winston’s, drew his sword to protect the prince from the panicking crowd, and Samuel Pepys, the celebrated diarist and Royal Navy administrator, witnessed the sinking.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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How brujas use spirituality to honor the ancestors on Día de Muertos.Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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One of the drivers in the original crash, her father and both police officers were standing in front of the cars involved when Geer crashed into the back of the Tacoma, police said in the affidavit.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Their father — whose name has not been confirmed — tried to cling on to them but they were swept away by the tide of water, state news agency EFE reported.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Being a forerunner in your circle will put you in a good position and enable you to quickly field new possibilities, offering advantages.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Lilly developed its forerunner more than 30 years prior, according to reporting from FiercePharma. Market pricing for prescription drugs creates the incentives that perpetuate this cycle of innovation.Sally Pipes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, vast quantities of a precursor chemical for amphetamines, benzyl methyl ketone, or BMK, were exported from various Western countries to the Middle East.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nearly all the precursor chemicals that are needed to make fentanyl come from China.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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The company has developed several prototypes but requires further funding to continue development.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The company is now in the process of building three new prototypes, which will be subjected to both air and ground testing over the next 18 months.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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