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Recent Examples of widow
After four trips in his small car to the widow’s house and back to A&M, Perez transported a large collection of vintage comic books, other books and fine china to his shop.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The hearing today before Chang was the first major courtroom face-off over the August 27 breach of contract suit filed by Crichton’s widow Sherri Crichton on behalf of John Michael Crichton Trust’s Roadrunner JMTC on claims that The Pitt is an unauthorized ER derivative.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
The widow of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler has spoken out against her brother-in-law who claimed her lawsuit against him prevented the team from signing star pitcher Roki Sasaki.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Bill is now dating Paula Hurd, the widow of former Oracle executive Mark Hurd.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The hearing today before Chang was the first major courtroom face-off over the August 27 breach of contract suit filed by Crichton’s widow Sherri Crichton on behalf of John Michael Crichton Trust’s Roadrunner JMTC on claims that The Pitt is an unauthorized ER derivative.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
The widow of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler has spoken out against her brother-in-law who claimed her lawsuit against him prevented the team from signing star pitcher Roki Sasaki.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Bill is now dating Paula Hurd, the widow of former Oracle executive Mark Hurd.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
Noun
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True Blood vet Lauren Bowles will play wife to her real-life husband, Patrick Fischler, in an upcoming episode of CBS‘ NCIS: Origins prequel spinoff.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Die Hard actor remarried in 2009 and has two daughters with his wife, Emma Heming Willis.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The whole attention then was given to saving the house of Mrs. Paquette but that was lost, too, although household items were saved.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Miss Manners suggests a non-snarky reason that is not on your list: that this woman may not know which honorific you use (Miss, Ms. or Mrs.) and is afraid to guess.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
18 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes, the wealth comes from someone else—an official inherits it or has a high-earning spouse.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2025
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Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Jan. 2025
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Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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