1
as in dad
a male human parent
his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer
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as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art
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Recent Examples of sire
Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Such is life when you’ve been sired by the Spinach King.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Second in the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes Fun Fact: Medaglia d’Oro, East Avenue’s sire, raced in all three Triple Crown races in 2002, finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby, eighth in the Preakness and second in the Belmont.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Verb
Flying Mohawk This horse was sired by Karakontie, a Mohawk word that roughly translates to flying sun burning across the sky.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Such is life when you’ve been sired by the Spinach King.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
The bay colt’s sire is Curlin, a back-to-back Horse of the Year (2007-08) who retired as the highest money earner in North America.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Second in the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes Fun Fact: Medaglia d’Oro, East Avenue’s sire, raced in all three Triple Crown races in 2002, finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby, eighth in the Preakness and second in the Belmont.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sire
Verb
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For my coverage on the controversy surrounding AI begetting AGI and ASI, see the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Because Black artists have been so systematically eliminated from the genre, there are only a handful who’ve been able to gain the sort of traction that begets a Grammy nod.—
Andrea Williams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Harrison, who is unaware of his dad's recovery, has demonstrated the family's dark proclivity for killing evildoers.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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After hearing Lance call out to his wife, Aaron got up from bed and entered the living room to find his brother-in-law and dad looking out the sliding glass doors.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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So did RedBird Capital founder Gerry Cardinale, YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley, Wasserman Ventures, AEW founder and president Tony Khan, EGOT winner John Legend, former Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Fortnite co-creator Donald Mustard.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 July 2025
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The Walshes The founder of a New Jersey general-contracting and project-management company, Edward Sharp Walsh has reportedly won the club championship at Trump National Golf Club in his hometown of Bedminster not once but twice.—
Brendan O'Connor,
Curbed,
7 July 2025
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Manon discovers that her mother, Joséphine, had been institutionalized years earlier by Arnaud to keep her from revealing that Mathieu fathered a child with Nadia.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Johnson's children, fathered by her uncle, were found living in squalor, unable to walk or speak and suffering from severe malnutrition.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Could this song also be about our sky daddy, a.k.a.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
11 July 2025
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My daddy always told me the first thing a baseball player has to lose is his fear of the baseball.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Pro wrestling content creator Joey Karni pointed out Naomi’s cross-promotional championship record.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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On TikTok, content creators are sharing videos that have racked up millions of views in recent months, complaining of nausea from taking trips in electric vehicles (EVs).—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
14 July 2025
Verb
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One man did just that Refugees might have endured a soaking and even abided the frigid temperatures, but the combination spawned an array of fluxes, fevers and flus that carried away hundreds of them.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Simmons's unexpected death from heart disease and complications from a fall marked a sudden, unsettling end to an iconic career that spawned bestselling books, infomercials and workout videos that sold more than 22 million copies.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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Several of its authors had previously, or are now, working in President Donald Trump’s administration.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Rusty Wright, who is based in Orlando, is an author and lecturer who has spoken on six continents.—
Rusty Wright,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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“Sire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sire. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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