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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
Ben Hemo said he’d been approached by several other suitors but wasn’t looking for a deal until Boomi sent his investors an email.
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The two have mutual interest in a reunion but have received intrigue from other suitors.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The Tigers emerged recently as a potential suitor because Bregman has connections to Detroit and the Tigers need an infielder.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The 33-year-old will be out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with a number of suitors including clubs in the Saudi Pro League and San Diego FC in Major League Soccer.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The two have mutual interest in a reunion but have received intrigue from other suitors.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The Tigers emerged recently as a potential suitor because Bregman has connections to Detroit and the Tigers need an infielder.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The 33-year-old will be out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with a number of suitors including clubs in the Saudi Pro League and San Diego FC in Major League Soccer.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Her boyfriend, Joseph (Thierry Rode), drives a cab.Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bradley was last seen with her boyfriend, Williams, an investigation led by Missing Persons Detective Elizabeth Mills determined.Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The ordinance also requires solicitors to provide a proof of permit upon request of homeowners or police.Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Wild has served as the House’s Ethics Committee chair and, prior to winning the election in 2018, was Allentown’s solicitor.Yash Roy, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Bob Dylan that the world fell in love with was a thinker, a joker, a fighter, and sometimes a lover.Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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Any dog lover will be thoroughly disarmed by this development, and by Kodi’s irresistible enactment of this arc.Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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The filing named Frozen Moments, LLC as the petitioner.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Dalton had already ruled that way in September, at which point the petitioners submitted their applications to regain their rights to vote, according to their attorney Keeda J. Haynes.Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2024
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The beautiful young man of the title becomes captivated by a hedonistic philosophy proposing that the only things worth living for are beauty and sensual pleasure.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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One man watched in horror as authorities placed a tarp over his friend’s body after she was hit and thrown some 30 feet.Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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Jung Gun-joo (The Secret Romantic Guest House, Bitter Sweet Hell, Monthly Magazine Home and Oh My Baby) plays Cheon Jun-hwa, a fellow apprentice who happens to be the heir to Yongcheonru.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Only Bardem’s fellow Spaniard, Karla Sofía Gascón, playing the pre-and-post-transition roles in Emilia Pérez, comes close.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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