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Recent Examples of widow
Plans are to install a monument and benches Monday, said Susan Sweeney Crum, Crum's widow.
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Grief Forum – Loss of a Spouse: An eight-week program for widows and widowers who have lost their loved one.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Coming to court this week, a police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for her husband’s suicide nine days later.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
This arrangement, however, did not sit well with her father’s widow, who tried to claim all the ashes for herself.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 15 June 2025
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Grief Forum – Loss of a Spouse: An eight-week program for widows and widowers who have lost their loved one.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Coming to court this week, a police officer’s widow wanted to prove that a man assaulted her husband during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and ultimately was responsible for her husband’s suicide nine days later.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
This arrangement, however, did not sit well with her father’s widow, who tried to claim all the ashes for herself.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
Noun
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Adam, his wife and their four young daughters were on the field June 24 for a pregame check-presentation ceremony.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 July 2025
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In the late afternoons, his wife picks up their other daughters from school and brings them to the store.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 2025
Noun
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With dozens of news crews from around the world covering the red carpet, an appearance at the VF Oscar party became a coveted symbol: a modern version of Mrs. Astor’s old Four Hundred.—
Michael Grynbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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White lace, on the other hand, works well, as pictured below on Patricia (Mrs. Bjorn) Borg on July 10.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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My spouse is retired and receives a generous Social Security benefit.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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Many of them are spouses or parents to US citizens.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
Noun
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In the Untitled Witness Protection pilot, a violent confrontation drives a high-end D.C. madam to turn on her partner and enter witness protection in seaside Maine with her adolescent daughter.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Prostitution was never legal in Central City, but the industry and people involved were prominent enough to warrant an annual street festival that still exists today, honoring the city’s most famous madam, Lou Bunch.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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