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Recent Examples of lady Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025 Balordi plays Nastasia, Ellen’s ladies’ maid. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025 Here, Deadline speaks to Sucker Punch’s lead writer Ian Ryan and co-creative director Jason Connell about bringing a new Ghost game to life, new game mechanics and the challenge of crafting sympathy for a lady set on vengeance. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 News asked the ladies if Brooks was seeing anyone special. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lady
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Noun
  • Executive women’s club membership Gatlin also used Foundation funds to pay her $2,900 annual membership fee to an executive women’s club in New York City.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The staunch conservative and longtime lawmaker won Japan’s ruling party’s presidency on October 4, becoming the first woman ever to secure the post, after her third attempt.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sullivan and Quinn became fast friends, and Quinn went on to serve as a groomsman when Sullivan married his wife, Kate.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At the Nir Oz kibbutz, Ohad (Miki Leon), wife Batsheva (Rotem Sela) and three children are awoken by alarms and seek refuge in their home’s shelter room, which unfortunately has a broken door, forcing a predictable and harrowing outcome.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Neither Oh’s dizzy countess nor Nyong’o’s charming, feckless Viola ever takes the reins of this production, but that would be hard to do.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In a similar vein (pun intended), the 16th-century Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory was rumored to have bathed in the blood of young girls to preserve her youth.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The movie revolves around Mehdi, 25, who is invited to spend a quiet summer with his girlfriend Garance and his in-laws in the south of France, and sees their trip turn into chaos after a conflict breaks out between Garance’s family and the villa’s caretakers couple.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
  • His parents and girlfriend of a year, girlfriend, Tia Cubelic, claimed the nearest table.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And as Genesis makes clear, God wonderfully and immutably created each person as male or female.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Among mammals, adult females lived 12% longer than males, the study found.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shop it in twin, full/queen, and king/California king sizes while it’s discounted.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Generic 3-Bedroom Prefab Tiny Home The tiny home is fully customizable, but the layout my teens like has three bedrooms, each fitting a full- to queen-sized bed, a living room, a full kitchen, and one bathroom with a stunning marble-like shower.
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • My mother worked with a lovely family who had adopted a boy and a girl.
    Kurtcia Collazo, IndyStar, 11 Oct. 2025
  • While Abigail Spanberger stood with her running mate Jay Jones and his murderous fantasies, and evaded every direct question including equivocating over men being in locker rooms with girls.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meghan attended the show to support Piccioli, who was recently tapped to become the creative director for the House of Balenciaga, the duchess's office told USA TODAY.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Actress Natalie Dormer, who plays the duchess in an upcoming ITV drama, has also pulled out of promoting the show.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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