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Recent Examples of bachelor
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and be employed by a K-12 school district or charter school, although paraprofessionals with three years of experience are prioritized, according to a memo from the state department.
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Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Graduates from all 14 of Howard’s schools and colleges will receive bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees throughout the week, with individual ceremonies scheduled from May 7–10.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 13 Apr. 2025
Paige works in acquisitions After getting her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting at Auburn University, Paige began her accounting career at Ernst & Young (EY) as a staff tax accountant, according to her LinkedIn.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Wilson graduated with a bachelor of arts in mass communication from Francis Marion University.
—Katrina Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
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Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Graduates from all 14 of Howard’s schools and colleges will receive bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees throughout the week, with individual ceremonies scheduled from May 7–10.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 13 Apr. 2025
Paige works in acquisitions After getting her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting at Auburn University, Paige began her accounting career at Ernst & Young (EY) as a staff tax accountant, according to her LinkedIn.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Wilson graduated with a bachelor of arts in mass communication from Francis Marion University.
—Katrina Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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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
Noun
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Its maiden and hero product, Rested, hones in on sleep as the fundamental step to optimizing cognitive and immune function.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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She's also spoken out about the pressures of relationship timelines and said the bachelorette weekend was particularly fun, in part because the group didn't focus their conversations on the men in their lives.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 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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He’s shown sitting in an armchair next to his similarly dressed daughter, who is giving him a handful of flowers; just behind them is a maid placing a basket of fruit.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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