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Recent Examples of widow
There was a dispute with Chalino’s widow over the rights to his music.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Vontaye Mitchell's widow still wrestles with grief In her letter, Harmon said all four men need to be held accountable in Mitchell's death and that she is still traumatized by memory of receiving the call informing her that her husband was gone.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Darrel Toms died in August 2021, his widow and daughter called Kraft Bros Funeral Directors to coordinate his burial during the weekend.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Imagine a widow’s adult children are concerned about her new love interest inheriting her estate.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Vontaye Mitchell's widow still wrestles with grief In her letter, Harmon said all four men need to be held accountable in Mitchell's death and that she is still traumatized by memory of receiving the call informing her that her husband was gone.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Darrel Toms died in August 2021, his widow and daughter called Kraft Bros Funeral Directors to coordinate his burial during the weekend.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Imagine a widow’s adult children are concerned about her new love interest inheriting her estate.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
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In one photo, Swift sat on a log for a daytime outing at the beach with him, his late wife, four kids and another teen.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Longtime Glencoe residents, Lefkofsky and his wife are actively engaged in philanthropic pursuits, establishing an eponymous family foundation in 2006.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Hawley-Peters Senate bill, branded the HONEST Act, would prohibit lawmakers, their spouses, and dependents from owning or trading individual stocks, with a 180-day deadline to sell off any holdings.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Julie planned to raise her child on her own — with Todd’s involvement as a co-parent, not a spouse.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of her detective drama Honey, Don't hitting theaters later this month, Aubrey Plaza has signed on to play infamous Hollywood madam, Heidi Fleiss.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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