single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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That means a single mother making $31,000 a year would not pay city income taxes. Christine Quinn, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, she’s drawn to Anja (Saskia Rosendahl), a struggling single mother from the Brandenburg countryside where Isabell’s architect father built a striking modernist home. Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 For a woman who is the sister of the richest man in the world, Tosca, a single mother of two, leads a comfortable but not extravagant lifestyle. Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025 Born in Scottsdale, Ariz., and raised in Glenwood by his single mother, Corbet is among a growing swath of major directors who grew up here or have Colorado roots. John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 31 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 4 Mar. 2025.

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