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An Updown girl buried with adornments befitting the seventh-century Anglo-Saxon elite had a sub-Saharan African grandparent, and the Slavicization of Eurasia was the result of east-to-west migration rather than of top-down imposition by Slavic elites.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Across most of the world, people are having far fewer children than their parents and grandparents did.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
Many native New Yorkers can probably say with confidence that their grandparents and even great grandparents have been captivated by the Abc Carpet & Home retail experience at some point in history.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
No controllers, no tutorials—just hands-on chaos that somehow gets everyone, from toddlers and teens to grandparents, completely in sync.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Across most of the world, people are having far fewer children than their parents and grandparents did.
—Sarah McCammon, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
Many native New Yorkers can probably say with confidence that their grandparents and even great grandparents have been captivated by the Abc Carpet & Home retail experience at some point in history.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
No controllers, no tutorials—just hands-on chaos that somehow gets everyone, from toddlers and teens to grandparents, completely in sync.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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grandparent
noun
grand·par·ent
ˈgran(d)-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a parent of one's father or mother
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