While English certainly has its fair share of racist words and phrases, it also has a baffling number of synonyms and alternative ways of saying something. The harder you look, the more language you’ll find with problematic roots. Send us feedback.It can be a jarring experience to learn a common word or phrase you’ve been using for years is actually kind of racist or sexist or homophobic. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grandfather.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2021 All of those features will not be possible with respect to trusts that are formed or to the extent funded after the date of enactment, but the legislation would grandfather trusts, to the extent funded, up through the date of enactment.Īlan Gassman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 The former Ole Miss and NFL quarterback - father to Peyton and Eli Manning, and grandfather to highly recruited Arch - has been on a whirlwind tour of celebrating his sons’ contributions to the game. 2020 The act would grandfather foreign investors from loss of their funds by virtue of retroactive effect of EB-5 developments and create a safety net to protect them.Īndy J. 2022 This rule appears to grandfather the Nike Next% shoe that Bridgid Kosgei wore to her world-record 2:14:04 in the Chicago Marathon last fall.Īmby Burfoot, Outside Online, 31 Jan. New York Times, 8 July 2022 The proposal would grandfather in current public school and state employees for health insurance coverage as retirees, according to Hickey. Abe would eventually follow his father and grandfather into politics. 2022 But all of this can be avoided if Democrats instead simply grandfather in existing enrollees and leave it at that.īrian Blase, WSJ, 28 July 2022 There was perhaps little question that Mr.
1, 2022, could grandfather in their investments for 10 years of tax benefits. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The program wasn’t renewed, but companies that applied for the incentive by Aug. 2022 Just don’t expect them to be presented exactly as your grandfather would have received them.Įric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022 According to Dao Ly, her family was able to immigrate to America in the early 1990s because her paternal grandfather was an American soldier who met her grandmother during the Vietnam War, a romance that produced her half-Caucasian father. 2022 The big news is that Davidson has managed to draw Joe Pesci out of semi-retirement to play his grandfather. 2022 Edie Falco is playing Davidson's mom in the show, while Pesci will play his grandfather.īrendan Morrow, The Week, 25 Aug. 2022 Like the hole in the boy’s heart where his grandfather used to be. 2022 Gerald Clarke lives in the home his grandfather built on the Cahuilla Reservation in Riverside County.ĭebra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022 One Monday in the spring, Martinez and her family heard her grandfather in Mexico was dealing with heart issues.Įric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. Recent Examples on the Web: Noun His grandfather on his father’s side, Andrei, rejected collectivization and tried to make it on his own.ĭavid E.
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