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as in wife
chiefly dialect
a female partner in a marriage
treated his woman to dinner at a five-star restaurant for their fifteenth wedding anniversary
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Recent Examples of woman
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Arthur — who is also chief medical officer of Medtronic Neurovascular, a California company that produces medical devices that help treat aneurysms — noted that brain aneurysms are much more common in women.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman received cuts to her hands and neck.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
After her death, the actress' daughter June Elizabeth highlighted how Lockhart's Lost in Space performance helped influence a generation of women in science.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt hosted women journalists there.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman received cuts to her hands and neck.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
After her death, the actress' daughter June Elizabeth highlighted how Lockhart's Lost in Space performance helped influence a generation of women in science.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt hosted women journalists there.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
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
Noun
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They were joined by Anthony's cousin, Connor Cook, Connor's girlfriend Miley Altman, friend Paul Murdaugh and Paul's then-girlfriend, Morgan Doughty.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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His girlfriend had taken a 38 rifle to the back of his head and plastered most of its contents onto the kitchen wall.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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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This is common in women and people born female.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
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There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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At age 15, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for advocating for girls' education in her home country of Pakistan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the absolute minimum, Prince Andrew and others in Epstein’s orbit showed a pathological incuriosity about the young girls who surrounded him—and that is stretching good faith to its very limit.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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