single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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But McQueen’s young hero, George (Elliott Heffernan), is Black, the 9-year-old son of a white single mother, Saoirse Ronan’s Rita, who tries to send him away to the countryside for safety, as so many London families did with their children. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024 He’s been forthcoming about his humble beginnings, routinely sharing stories of watching his single mother work two jobs to make ends meet. Char Adams, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 Now an unemployed single mother in her early 20s, Margo is struggling to make ends meet, leading her to launch an OnlyFans account. Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024 The son of immigrants from Mexico and Colombia, Gallego was raised in Chicago by a single mother and eventually accepted to Harvard University. CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024 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 24 Nov. 2024.

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