as in wife
a woman who has just married or is about to be married
a new bride the mother of the bride
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Recent Examples of bride
The bride was in her mid-thirties, with bottle-blond hair and ice-white teeth.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Watch the video above to see the mother of the bride’s emotional reaction.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Viewers were able to see the canine strolling along with their owner while on leash, before coming across the large decorative corpse bride.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Is the richest man in town and the father of the bride responsible for their disappearance?
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Watch the video above to see the mother of the bride’s emotional reaction.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Viewers were able to see the canine strolling along with their owner while on leash, before coming across the large decorative corpse bride.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Is the richest man in town and the father of the bride responsible for their disappearance?
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bride
Noun
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Alex was charged with the murders of his wife and son in July 2022 and was found guilty in March 2023.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In a nutshell, the Trojan prince Paris sails to Sparta to capture Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With this imagery, a terrain map can be generated for use by urban planners, or a soldier can print a copy of an image and share it with foreign mission partners on the battlefield.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Her partner's mom got OP's daughter a gift, but none of her partner's siblings did.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Are Asian lady beetles harmful?—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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And, like Ferguson’s character, whose split train is carried by ladies in waiting, Balti is also trailed by models who keep her impressive flowing train off the ground.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Some states don't allow spouses to receive pay for care work.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the show has since been rebooted to include the original cast's spouses and children, Polizzi said a lot of people refuse to see her as anything other than an early 2000s-era party girl.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Bride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bride. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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