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dads

noun

plural of dad

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a male human parent my dad did most of the cooking for dinner because he usually got home earlier than my mom

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Recent Examples of dads The events — which started out with 10 moms and five dads and are up to 35 moms and 20 dads — are particularly special to Morgan, who was friends with some of the sons of the parents involved. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Part of it is that there have been a lot of books about Brooklyn dads. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026 One Swedish study showed that flexibility within paternal leave policies, such as allowing new dads to take intermittent time off after the birth of a child, helped reduce the incidence of maternal postpartum health complications. — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Seeing these two girl dads tear up about walking their babies down the aisle, the passage of time, and the inviolate personhood of their daughters was tender and precious. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 The Dan Fogelman series made Ventimiglia into one of the hall-of-fame TV dads, and the performance brought him three Emmy nominations. — Megan Vick, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 The kids get more stories of their own, though not ones that ever threaten to pull the spotlight away from their dads. — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 Moms and dads across the country rallied Americans to contribute research donations. — Adam Zimmerman, STAT, 11 Sep. 2026 The dads telling the dad who was thrown out to leave the beer. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Nearly every player on the team is a dad, with seemingly a few players becoming first-time fathers each of the past few seasons.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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Everyone has heard of the ‘crazy cat lady,’ but cat daddies have their own cultural stereotypes.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026

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