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Recent Examples of everywoman
Britt, 42, spoke from an oddly Spartan kitchen, a backdrop that was intended to convey her everywoman credentials.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
Instead, von Horn, whose last film Sweat also focused on a young woman coming apart at the seams, selects a troubled yet sympathetic everywoman as his point of entry.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
Flashes of everywoman will feature, but American Riviera Orchard sounds expensive and so Meghan must look expensive!
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection Beside Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst and Natalie Press as Emily Davison, two icons of the women’s suffrage movement, Mulligan plays an everywoman who is caught up in a protest and no longer able to tolerate the injustices of her life.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2024
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
Instead, von Horn, whose last film Sweat also focused on a young woman coming apart at the seams, selects a troubled yet sympathetic everywoman as his point of entry.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
Flashes of everywoman will feature, but American Riviera Orchard sounds expensive and so Meghan must look expensive!
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection Beside Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst and Natalie Press as Emily Davison, two icons of the women’s suffrage movement, Mulligan plays an everywoman who is caught up in a protest and no longer able to tolerate the injustices of her life.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for everywoman
Noun
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If a plain Jane hamburger is your thing, go for it.—
Rasputin Todd,
The Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2023
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When designing the resume format, think plain Jane, noncreative style highlighting your skills and accomplishments.—
Robin Ryan,
Forbes,
9 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Later in the novel, Hans’s mind turns to the brutality of occupation: If in the course of a five-day plan, 200,000 Berliners were removed by 50,000, these 50,000 proletarians would be fused into a collective by the shock of having killed.—
Rumaan Alam,
The New Republic,
21 June 2023
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As a proudly class-conscious proletarian, Martin is naturally supportive of worker strikes.—
J. Hoberman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Oct. 2020
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The fledglings were savored by the nobility and the clergy, who, according to Fritz’s research, passed decrees to keep commoners from killing them, to preserve them for themselves.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Despite being a commoner, Harald broke his father’s rule and began dating Sonja, but Olav ordered Harald to cut off contact with her once he was made aware of their relationship.—
Rachel Burchfield,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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But an unpleasant incident with a public transit plebeian leads Leighton to ponder the direction of her life.—
Rachel Seo,
Variety,
2 Dec. 2024
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Occasionally, like tonight, a chiseled pleb or square-jawed gym owner will pass muster, taking her to some exclusive club in Tribeca.—
Seija Rankin,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2021
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
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Over three decades later, that instinct has paid off in spades, says Michele Lupi, who joins me via Zoom to talk about the brand’s history, their recent archival projects, and the longstanding tradition of adapting the clothing of the everyman for the (high-end) masses.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
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This series finds Allen as Matt, a widower, everyman and possessor of Fox News opinions.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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While some believe tipping should be purely voluntary, many service industry workers depend on gratuities as their primary source of income.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, workers at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse voted to join the Amazon Labor Union, the company’s first union.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Everywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everywoman. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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