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Recent Examples of widow
The widow, the lawyer, and the town remain at an impasse.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The widow’s family is definitely from another tribe.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
The novel tells of the unique relationship between a lonely elderly widow named Tova working as a janitor at an aquarium and a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
The Melancholy Season is being released by Dark Horse Records, the label the late George Harrison started in 1974 and that’s being continued by his widow, Olivia, and son Dhani.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The widow’s family is definitely from another tribe.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
The novel tells of the unique relationship between a lonely elderly widow named Tova working as a janitor at an aquarium and a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
The Melancholy Season is being released by Dark Horse Records, the label the late George Harrison started in 1974 and that’s being continued by his widow, Olivia, and son Dhani.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
Noun
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As the story begins, James goes missing, and his wife, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), begs John to help find him—by impersonating him.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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And on that basis, The Baldwins on TLC, which peers into the life of Alec, his second wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their seven children, is undeniably addictive and sometimes perversely successful — but, for a whole host of reasons, hateful all the same.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Leachman also appeared in movies like 1981's Yesterday, 1986’s Castle in the Sky, 2004’s Spanglish and 2005’s Mrs. Harris.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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He is survived by wife Jacquelyn Bell Kearney, daughters Loretta and Cecilia, and mother Mrs. Shirley R. Kearney.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 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,
14 Mar. 2025
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The discretionary power also can protect the money from creditors and divorcing spouses.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 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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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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