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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
Should talks with Rafael or other defense suitors bear fruit, VW's potential to repurpose its obsolete Osnabrück plant – which the company is due to close in 2027 – could save up to 2,300 jobs.
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Sam Meredith,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
Matthews has been the subject of trade rumors, with the Kings being linked as a potential suitor.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Most importantly, those rights allow the Hornets to go over the salary cap to retain White’s services, giving them an advantage over other potential suitors.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The reversal sent shockwaves through the NFL and reopened speculation about Crosby’s market value and potential suitors.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Sam Meredith,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
Matthews has been the subject of trade rumors, with the Kings being linked as a potential suitor.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Most importantly, those rights allow the Hornets to go over the salary cap to retain White’s services, giving them an advantage over other potential suitors.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The reversal sent shockwaves through the NFL and reopened speculation about Crosby’s market value and potential suitors.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
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There was a bit of screaming by girls, but the boyfriends who went along wanted to listen to the band.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Jane Krakowski poses with her architect boyfriend David Rockwell at the opening night of Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Fallen Angels on Broadway on April 19 in New York City.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the coroner’s office, South Carolina Highway Patrol, and the solicitor’s office for comment.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The first is Jonathan Harker, naïve English solicitor despatched to Transylvania to do a deal with a mysterious Count whose plan is to dip his fangs into Victorian England.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The council, in granting initial approval, said petitioners must provide a full development plan and agree to improvements at the site.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Nationwide, asylum status was granted to 497 petitioners in February out of 18,913 applications, a 2% success rate.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two men carried an effigy of Maduro, his eyes blood-red, and his teeth vampiric, wearing a prison jumpsuit with a chain around his neck.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Thomas then claimed police later told her that Kierra may have been dating another man.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
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Rene Morales, senior curatorial fellow at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood and former chief curator at PAMM, recently swung by for a studio visit with Palazzolo-Daboul, and, intrigued, ended up scouting out the rest of Tunnel.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The heavily-Democratic district wasn't likely to elect a Republican, William Galston, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, previously told USA TODAY.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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