single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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Waddingham plays gossipy yacht guest Heidi in The Woman in Cabin 10 — but in real life, the actress is focused on being a single mother to her daughter. Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 The jukebox musical uses nearly two dozen ABBA tunes to tell the story of a young woman named Sophie (Amy Weaver), who was raised by her headstrong single mother Donna (Christine Sherrill) on a whimsical Greek island. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 This is the place that Manchester calls home for the next six months, leaving occasionally to sell video games for cash, go to church, and romance a local single mother named Leigh Wainscott. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025 Sarah Loyd, a single mother with two degrees, has been in and out of the labor force for the past four years. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single mother

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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