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Recent Examples of bachelor
On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – saw his bachelor’s degree revoked by Istanbul University.
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Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
According to a 2024 report by UNICEF, almost 9 in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in early education, and nearly half of young people have a bachelor’s degree by age 25.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 17 Mar. 2025
Education Carney received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988, and master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Oxford University.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
According to a 2024 report by UNICEF, almost 9 in 10 four-year-olds are enrolled in early education, and nearly half of young people have a bachelor’s degree by age 25.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 17 Mar. 2025
Education Carney received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988, and master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Oxford University.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
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In its 2001 film adaptation, Zellweger fell headfirst into life as a London girl and audiences around the globe fell in love with a verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The latter have moved away from the village and do not appear, while the former stay and assist their mother, the eldest being a literal spinster.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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But with nine goals and two assists in his first 27 Premier League appearances, in a team that has spent the entire season toiling near the foot of the table, Strand Larsen can already be quietly satisfied with his maiden campaign in a new league.—
Steve Madeley,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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No one knows exactly who made them, or how to definitively interpret their narrative, but there’s something instantly striking about the iconography: a white unicorn is pursued, retaliates, is lured by a maiden, and then is caught, encircled by a fence, and chained to a tree trunk.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the comments, fellow Redditors sympathized with the OP's stress about the bachelorette trip costs.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The date of my bachelorette is set and will not be changed.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Diminutive Darcy Rose Byrnes makes for a terrific waif of a hotel maid, her presence central to the action.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
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His father was a bartender and his mother a hotel maid.—
Matt Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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