1
as in first
coming before all others in time or order
the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage
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as in unmarried
never having had sexual relations
only maiden girls were allowed to serve as priestesses in that temple in ancient Roman times
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Recent Examples of maiden
Scott Neuman, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
After years of development, Blue Origin is finally ready to conduct the maiden test flight of the company’s New Glenn rocket.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Adam Digby, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Several presidents were among the passengers; Margaret Truman, a president's daughter, came along for the record-breaking maiden voyage.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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Blue Origin/Cover Images via Reuters Connect A massive new rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and ready for its maiden flight as early as Friday, the company has confirmed.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
After years of development, Blue Origin is finally ready to conduct the maiden test flight of the company’s New Glenn rocket.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
The Bianconeri will be hoping that the Dutch international – who was named in the Serie A Team of the Season last term for his displays with Atalanta – takes his own advice, turning in one of his best performances here and netting a long overdue maiden goal for the club.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Several presidents were among the passengers; Margaret Truman, a president's daughter, came along for the record-breaking maiden voyage.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maiden
Adjective
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Both of their first court appearances are scheduled for Saturday morning, jail records show.—
Silas Morgan,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mississippi became the first state in the southeastern U.S. to confirm CWD in its wild deer in 2018, and the disease has spread to six other states in the region since then, most recently in North Carolina.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Erika, the titular piano teacher, is an unmarried woman in her late 30s who lives in Vienna with her abusive and overbearing mother; violent altercations between the two aren’t rare.—
Ilana Masad,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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In this year’s election, virtually every demographic in the country shifted toward Trump—younger women, unmarried women, non-white women, indeed all women; Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Arab Americans.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Teaching middle school in New Orleans as part of Teach for America, and staying in the classroom for eight years, far beyond my two-year initial commitment, uniquely prepared me for the game.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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This initial impulse or élan vital is then guided by the fairies Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid and her sister, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Dec. 2024
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By the 1950s, the talented author who had worked with Langston Hughes and won a Guggenheim fellowship was struggling to make ends meet, working as a maid and taking other odd jobs.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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To escape the horrors of the Holocaust, Keleti, who was born in Budapest, hid out in Hungary by taking on a fake identity while working as a maid.—
Danielle Jennings,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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With just one round of fixtures remaining of the inaugural 36-team Champions League league phase, two-thirds of the competition are still awaiting their fate.—
Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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That year, Shelby won the FIA sports car world championship, before taking the inaugural two Trans Am championships in 1966 and 1967.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For olive oil, Jesse suggests a standard extra virgin variety for flavor, but not necessarily the priciest one, reserving the fancy oil for drizzling on top.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appétit,
9 Jan. 2025
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Here are 12 best extra virgin olive oils for roasting, drizzling, dipping and more.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
4 Oct. 2024
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The original tranche of restrictions passed council 7-1.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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There are changes like, the original movie that inspires the plot was actually a Nazi propaganda film, while this feels more like the classic musicals MGM cranked out.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Maiden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maiden. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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