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mom

noun

ˈmäm

Definition of mom

as in mother

a female human parent be sure to tell your mom and dad that you'll be home late for supper

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Recent Examples of mom Imagine your mom has just been discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation center after hip replacement surgery. — Jennifer Schlinger, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 Still, in later years, fans were more likely to see her in TV guest spots (most memorably, as Cybill Shepherd’s mom on Moonlighting and as Roz’s mom on Frasier) than on the big screen. — Gary Susman, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026 Either way, his mom was also involved in politics, and because of this technicality, Lisa let Heidi hang out with the teen and go to his shows about town. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026 Parkville’s historic Main Street felt just like the downtown storefronts where my mom runs her own flower shop back home. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mom

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Livia’s sister-in-law invokes the poem when Livia learns, to her surprise, that her manipulative, abusive mother had been a frustrated musician.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, was founded in 1980 by a mother whose 13-year-old daughter was killed by an intoxicated driver.

— Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

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As the Covid-19 pandemic set in, and millions of Americans became trapped in their homes with no access to mommy-and-me events, toddler classes, or respite, Accurso’s channel hit 1 million subscribers.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Even with this additional purchase, my all-in spend still landed right around $100, half the cost of the other diaper bags that baby websites and mommy bloggers insisted were desert-island essentials.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

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Hall’s recipe uses a classic combination of stone-ground grits, milk, water, and salt, but the Nashville native’s cooking technique may be different than the one your mama taught you.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026
But with Earle coming into the ring with fighting words, who says a mama bear can’t bite back?

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

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