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Noun My parents live in New York. The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child. The parent brings food to the chicks. The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.

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Noun

If a manager can't help, then contact the hotel chain or parent company in writing.

Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 UnitedHealth, the parent of the nation’s largest insurer, agreed in January 2021 to buy Change Healthcare for nearly $8 billion and assume another $5 billion in debt.

Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Nikki Rivera, a parent of two BPS students, is also concerned about the new COVID policies.

Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 That policy goes further than what Twitter and Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, have announced for the midterms.

Brian Fung, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 Comcast, parent of NBCU, agreed to sell its 67% stake in NBC Sports Washington to Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which currently owns the remaining 33% of the entity.

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has forecasted that this year’s losses due to Apple’s actions could approach $10 billion.

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 Jennifer Hinostroza, a parent of a child with autism in the Los Angeles area, described a similar experience.

Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022 Health Care Service Corporation, the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in five states, is buying Trustmark Health Benefits, an administrator and designer of employer health benefits, for an undisclosed amount.

Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022

Verb

The sponsors expect and will encourage a wide spectrum of views on women’s health, reproductive freedom, parenthood (or not to parent) and gender.

Holly Mullen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Federline and Spears co-parent their boys, which the former backup dancer admitted can be complicated.

Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022 And some folks parent almost entirely on their own.

Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF, 18 July 2022 But the perks are available only to married couples, a prerequisite that is increasingly unappealing to women who would prefer to parent alone.

New York Times, 17 July 2022 Marta, a single mother, works at a mine, selling products and food, leaving Resistencia, 9, to parent Esperanza (7) and Mía, 5.

John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 One of the most rewarding elements of life is to parent a child.

Tracy Brower, Forbes, 10 July 2022 For those who parent with a partner, navigating this country becomes part and parcel of the relationship, too.

Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022 She and Affleck had been separated since 2015, and continued to co-parent their three children, Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10.

Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin parent-, parens "father or mother, progenitor, ancestor," probably from an aorist participle of parere "to give birth to, bring into being, produce" — more at parturient entry 1

Verb

derivative of parent entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1663, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler

The first known use of parent was in the 15th century

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