widowhood
noun
wid·ow·hood
ˈwi-dō-ˌhu̇d 
-də-
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Some 80% of older adult households, about 34 million, don't have the financial resources to weather a shock such as sudden widowhood, serious illness or need for long-term care.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Born in Tangier to Spanish parents, María Ángeles lives out her widowhood with cheerful self-sufficiency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
During her widowhood, in the early 1000s, out of grief or boredom, Lady Murasaki began writing The Tale of Genji in Japanese.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Magical Thinking is in part a chronicle of Didion's harrowing first year of widowhood as Quintana succumbed to a cascade of dire illnesses that eventually led to her death in August 2005.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Born in Tangier to Spanish parents, María Ángeles lives out her widowhood with cheerful self-sufficiency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
During her widowhood, in the early 1000s, out of grief or boredom, Lady Murasaki began writing The Tale of Genji in Japanese.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Magical Thinking is in part a chronicle of Didion's harrowing first year of widowhood as Quintana succumbed to a cascade of dire illnesses that eventually led to her death in August 2005.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Widowhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widowhood. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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