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fathering

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verb

present participle of father
as in siring
to become the father of Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered

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Noun
  • What To Know Musk, 53, has children with at least three women, while a fourth, St. Clair, is seeking to confirm paternity.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Director and co-writer Domingo González piles on the telenovela-style twists, including mysterious figures from the past, villainous doppelgängers, and a surprise paternity reveal.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While she's become a pop culture phenomenon, spawning numerous parodies from Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande and TikTok users online, Nara finds her own inspiration closer to home.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • That film was a box office hit, earning $136 million at the global box office and spawning four sequels.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Megan Johnson, owner of Buttercup Farm, has been producing raw milk for 12 years from a herd of 14 cows.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In this article, the authors argue that a better approach is to focus on micro-inclusions — small but intentional acts that include everyone in the actual process of producing work together.
    Gregg Muragishi, Lauren Aguilar, Priyanka Carr, Greg Walton, Harvard Business Review, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Watch Trailer For New Luigi Mangione Doc His experiment was an indisputable failure: in spite of his upbringing as a girl, Brenda always felt like a boy and endured a childhood of torment.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The outlet reported that his upbringing—raised Catholic but later discovering in his teenage years that his mother was Jewish—shaped his philosophical themes, driving him to challenge audiences to seek deeper meaning.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Fathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathering. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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