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dads

noun

plural of dad

as in fathers

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 Our dads are so supportive and down to earth, and that plays a huge part in us not being out of our minds. — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Hair braiding 101 Armed with a glass of cold liquid courage and an arsenal of hair elastics and barrettes, dads paired up with one of Strands Aveda’s stylists to learn their daughter’s hairstyle of choice. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 This all may be true, but sometimes moms and dads just need to let their baby birds leave the nest. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026 Zoë Kravitz and John David Washington have been friends for decades as their dads — Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington — are close. — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 That includes parents who have 9-to-5 jobs, and nontraditional schedules, to single moms and dads. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026 The additional sleep provided by the bassinet also is believed to reduce burnout and postpartum depression in working moms and dads. — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 20 July 2026 Our dads bought us hats and bats to occupy our summer, not kits and cleats. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 The camp is founded by a couple of local dads, Reece Meador and Cody Holt, and just celebrated its second year, according to KWTX-TV. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

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All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
In one nationally representative study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, 81% of adult children who experienced estrangement from their mothers later became unestranged, as did 69% of those estranged from their fathers.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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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
One of the world’s most famous baby daddies is getting a Netflix docuseries to chronicle his hectic life.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2026

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