Example Sentences
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The results suggest that Shimao's social hierarchy was organized through patrilineal descent, meaning ancestry and status were traced through fathers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
For them, nuclear families in general, and fathers in particular, were an obstacle to central planning schemes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Of all the conditions that make childbearing seem possible, one is the most deceptively simple: increasing the number of men who would make good fathers.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
My favorite part is when we thank God for working “miracles for our fathers, in days of old.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
