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Recent Examples of matriarchal
Barbary macaque troops are also matriarchal, with dominance determined by relatedness to the top-ranking female.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Herds are matriarchal, and all the females chip in to raise the calves communally.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Min is being pressured by his sternly matriarchal grandmother (Minari Oscar winner Youn Yuh-Jung) to return to Korea and take on the position of creative director for a major fashion division the company has just acquired.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
Yuh-jung and Chen bring a depth and dignity to their matriarchal roles that’s lost in the younger generation, who, despite a bundle of comedic chops, struggle to flesh out the thin characterizations they’ve been afforded.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Herds are matriarchal, and all the females chip in to raise the calves communally.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Min is being pressured by his sternly matriarchal grandmother (Minari Oscar winner Youn Yuh-Jung) to return to Korea and take on the position of creative director for a major fashion division the company has just acquired.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
Yuh-jung and Chen bring a depth and dignity to their matriarchal roles that’s lost in the younger generation, who, despite a bundle of comedic chops, struggle to flesh out the thin characterizations they’ve been afforded.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matriarchal
Adjective
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The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers as 'female allies,' and their team continue to show their true colors.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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Uzi-toting female viking warriors, a few dinosaurs and a half-dino police officer called Triceracop also featured.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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This fact in itself is evidence of how patriarchal beauty standards are—weight loss is always targeting women, and fatphobia disproportionately affects women irregardless of our weight.—
Chloe Laws,
Glamour,
9 May 2025
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Thrown off her land by her in-laws, a resilient Kenyan widow transforms into a fierce advocate for women’s land rights in a highly patriarchal community.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Customers often start with one piece of dainty, feminine, solid gold piercing jewelry or work with a member of Laura’s team to create a memorable ear stack.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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There are also images of her in softer silhouettes such as a black strappy midi-dress and pleated miniskirt, creating more playful, feminine looks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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After years of matronly tankinis, there are now some great plus-size swim pieces available on the market, including this scarlet snake-print one-piece from Nomads Swimwear.—
Sarah Chiwaya,
Refinery29,
6 Apr. 2025
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Mary’s childhood has all of the workhouse tragedy of a Dickens novel, plus insufficient scenes of Susan Lynch as a stern, matronly figure from her youth.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Authorities were working to identify some of the victims, most of whom were elderly women.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
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An elderly Hawaii man has received a life sentence for raping and brutally killing a teenage girl in a case that went cold for four decades, authorities said.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Through it all, Deneuve’s Bernadette presents a model of soft-spoken, womanly perseverance.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2025
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Over the 10 years of data the study analyzed, nearly 64% of small and rural counties had no geriatric physicians or nurse practitioners.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2025
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Tilly, at 16, was considered geriatric for her species.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The senior first baseman finally connected on his first homer of the season Thursday against Lake Park.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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That said, anti-Tesla sentiment has been growing due to CEO Elon Musk's involvement with the Trump administration as senior advisor to the president.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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“Matriarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriarchal. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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