as in girlfriend
the person to whom one is engaged to be married
his fiancée is insisting on an elaborate wedding
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Recent Examples of fiancée
Brian Doss loved driving in derbies, and his fiancee Schuman would be right there cheering him on, their obituaries said.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Jeff Bezos falls after Blue Origin New Shepard capsule lands
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos took a tumble in Texas while circling the New Shepard capsule that landed safely after carrying fiancee Lauren Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry and others to space, Monday.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, on almost every occasion, Pancake ends up being turfed out by Bruno and his fiancee.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Love Is Blind Season 8 is over and done with, but questions still remain around what happened to Joey’s sister on the Netflix show after his beautiful tribute to her at his wedding to his then-fiancee, Monica.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 2025
His fiancee, 30-year-old Yaniris Jerez, and her brother, 34-year-old Miguel Jerez, were also wounded in the shooting.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and licensed helicopter pilot, will lead the mission.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2025
Kerr could never have imagined a date night in central London on January 29, 2023 with her fiancee, the United States international Kristie Mewis, would end up being dissected in forensic detail inside court nine of Kingston Crown Court just over two years later.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Hughes’ fiancee, 47, who was not identified, was allegedly attacked by a woman later identified as Fallon Wise, 41, according to online court records.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Jeff Bezos falls after Blue Origin New Shepard capsule lands
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos took a tumble in Texas while circling the New Shepard capsule that landed safely after carrying fiancee Lauren Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry and others to space, Monday.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, on almost every occasion, Pancake ends up being turfed out by Bruno and his fiancee.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Love Is Blind Season 8 is over and done with, but questions still remain around what happened to Joey’s sister on the Netflix show after his beautiful tribute to her at his wedding to his then-fiancee, Monica.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 2025
His fiancee, 30-year-old Yaniris Jerez, and her brother, 34-year-old Miguel Jerez, were also wounded in the shooting.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and licensed helicopter pilot, will lead the mission.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Feb. 2025
Kerr could never have imagined a date night in central London on January 29, 2023 with her fiancee, the United States international Kristie Mewis, would end up being dissected in forensic detail inside court nine of Kingston Crown Court just over two years later.
—Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
Hughes’ fiancee, 47, who was not identified, was allegedly attacked by a woman later identified as Fallon Wise, 41, according to online court records.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiancée
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Even with that change from the initial trial, which ended in a hung jury, jurors split on a charge relating to Masterson’s former longtime girlfriend.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2025
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Here are the best places for a girlfriend getaway in North Carolina.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Fiancée.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fianc%C3%A9e. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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