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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
And the Hornets had a head start in negotiating a new deal with him, providing Charlotte with a significant advantage over any other suitors.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Otherwise, there isn’t an obvious suitor for the 31-year-old who played 39 games last season.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The Boston Celtics and Heat gained steam as the leading suitors in the Giannis sweepstakes on the eve of the NBA Draft.
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Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Manuel made a deal with May shortly after the season ended in part to keep him away from suitors such as North Carolina, which fired Hubert Davis and hired former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
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Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Otherwise, there isn’t an obvious suitor for the 31-year-old who played 39 games last season.
—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The Boston Celtics and Heat gained steam as the leading suitors in the Giannis sweepstakes on the eve of the NBA Draft.
—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Manuel made a deal with May shortly after the season ended in part to keep him away from suitors such as North Carolina, which fired Hubert Davis and hired former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
—
Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
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The crash that killed Shirilla's boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, as well as the resulting trial that ended in her conviction, are explored in the recent documentary, The Crash.
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Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
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There are also entertaining recollections of how Cameron joined the band (after Thayil saved him from a Scientologist solicitor) and how Shepherd was especially coveted by Cornell because the bassist was from Bainbridge, Washington, just like Cornell’s beloved roommate Andy Wood.
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Review your shareholder agreement with a corporate solicitor.
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From artisan bakeries and farmers markets to homemade loaves bubbling on kitchen counters, sourdough has developed a devoted following among food lovers.
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Toni and Shakira appeared to be in trouble after one of the show’s most meta humiliation rituals, in which the group is treated to a showing of clips of themselves having private conversations about their castmates and lovers.
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.
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Suarez, the Braves’ setup man, and arguably the team’s top offseason acquisition, was an All-Star closer for the Padres the past two seasons.
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Nationally, women receive an average of $1,760 monthly in Social Security, $438 less than the $2,198 men receive on average.
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The petitioner, who lost in the lower court, tries to convince the justices that the lower court made some sort of legal error that should be reversed.
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The petitioners argued that Kenya’s healthcare system is already overstretched and may be unable to manage foreign Ebola patients safely.
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Clifford Winston, a senior fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Economic Studies program, says the summer travel season is typically always one of higher demand, and that hasn’t changed, despite the elevated prices due to the fallout of the Iran war.
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Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus and a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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