grandkid

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/ ˈgrændˌkɪd /

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noun Informal.

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How to use grandkid in a sentence

She recalled signing a form indicating that she was selecting home school, but she didn’t realize that by selecting the virtual program the district was pushing, she was taking her grandkids out of the local school system.
A Boy With an Autoimmune Disease Was Ready to Learn in Person. Then His State Banned Mask Mandates.|by Annie Waldman and Bianca Fortis|August 25, 2021|ProPublica
During the months when she was finishing “The Haunting of Hill House,” Jackson sends her parents updates on their grandkids and describes baking a nut cake.
Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother|Jennifer Reese|July 29, 2021|Washington Post
Sure, I’d wanted my grandkids to have a record of what Grandpa had experienced, but it also seemed important, in light of recent events, to remind people that law enforcement usually begins with good intentions.
Working for J. Edgar Hoover, I Saw His Worst Excesses and Best Intentions|Paul Letersky|July 22, 2021|Time
When highs topped 90 degrees for a few days before returning to the more ordinary 60s, she checked her grandkids and herself into a local hotel for the AC and the pool.
In America’s least air-conditioned cities, brutal heat changes some people’s minds|Marc Fisher, Carissa Wolf, Michael Hingston|July 22, 2021|Washington Post

They managed to convince their fellow citizens that taking that approach would benefit their grandkids.
How to be a good ancestor|Sigal Samuel|July 2, 2021|Vox
In Sutton, you're often described as the "Green boy" or "so and so's grandkid".
How 'The Little Way of Ruthie Leming' Taught Me It's OK to Love My Hometown|Justin Green|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST