Sentence examples for were grandfathered from inspiring English sources

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were grandfathered

noun

A father of someone's parent.

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"All of my neighbors have docks that were grandfathered in," he said.

"We were grandfathered under that agreement, going forward as well as backward," he said.

The rules however were grandfathered for those who were on the payment.

Approximately 58,000 existing chemicals were grandfathered in, no questions asked, including PBDE's.

The equipment and by extension the treatment itself were grandfathered into F.D.A. regulation in 1976.

Properties under 25 acres are rarities that were grandfathered at the time the new zoning regulations went into effect.

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"He was grandfathered in".

It's grandfathered in".

Fortunately, existing pets are grandfathered.

Existing dockominiums have been grandfathered.

"We're grandfathered in," he said.

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