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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
One note for the final two seasons: Torch me, daddy!
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The couple shares a son. 09 of 13 Alison Brie (Trudy Campbell)
Community star Alison Brie played Pete’s wife, prim and proper daddy’s girl Trudy.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Laszlo isn’t the only one with daddy issues in this week’s episode.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
However, Laszlo has since channeled his daddy issues into consensual spanking sessions with Nadja and is able to overcome his need to maintain appearances and foil Daddy’s fiendish plan to take over his body and experience physical release for the first time in centuries.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
The couple shares a son. 09 of 13 Alison Brie (Trudy Campbell)
Community star Alison Brie played Pete’s wife, prim and proper daddy’s girl Trudy.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Laszlo isn’t the only one with daddy issues in this week’s episode.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
However, Laszlo has since channeled his daddy issues into consensual spanking sessions with Nadja and is able to overcome his need to maintain appearances and foil Daddy’s fiendish plan to take over his body and experience physical release for the first time in centuries.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daddy
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There were around 450 Chelsea fans at the game, nine of whom were from the Saffron Blues, including my dad Arthur, godfather Andrew and his son Oliver.Lucy Oliva, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Turnaround dials back to McCann’s upbringing, as a son born to teen parents (mom 14, dad 15) in tight economic circumstances.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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In another ironic twist, Kayce sells it for the ridiculously low price of $1.25 an acre, the original price his ancestors paid.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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This is all mirrored by wordless sequences depicting the Simpson family’s prehistoric ancestors, rendered in an entirely different animation style that calls to mind cave etchings, as well as primordial Simpsons designs.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Vasquez grew up in the Philippines and credits his father for instilling in him a love of singing.Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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James and Elisabeth Murdoch are both known to have less-conservative political views than their father or brother, potentially complicating efforts to ensure that Fox News remains conservative.CBS News, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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These projects breathed new life into the U.S. conservation movement, the forerunner of today’s climate activism.Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2020
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Embrace change, become a forerunner and refuse to let emotional interference deter productivity.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Poor sleep is associated with insulin resistance (cells do not respond to insulin to take in blood glucose for energy, causing blood sugar levels to rise), which may be the precursor to prediabetes (having blood sugar levels that are not quite high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes).Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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The last time the Democratic Party faced this scale of electoral defeat was also the precursor to its greatest twenty-first-century success.Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
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The technology is based on the early prototypes of Jeanologia’s H2Zero technology.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
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Today’s prototype quantum computers are too error-prone to do anything useful.Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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