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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
One peculiar feature of this ball is that the girls are each pulled into a side room to be interviewed by potential suitors over Microsoft Teams.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
But potential suitors in the media networks should not be.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Those additions would also help the duo avoid dishing out big deals to outside suitors in free agency in the future.
—Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
For Achane and his camp, the draft presents a pressure point because possible suitors might disappear if a deal doesn’t get done before the second day of the NFL Draft.
—Omar Kelly
april 20, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
But potential suitors in the media networks should not be.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Those additions would also help the duo avoid dishing out big deals to outside suitors in free agency in the future.
—Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
For Achane and his camp, the draft presents a pressure point because possible suitors might disappear if a deal doesn’t get done before the second day of the NFL Draft.
—Omar Kelly
april 20, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
Noun
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The boyfriend didn't stick, but her love of flying endures.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show star Luke Evans and boyfriend Fran Tomas celebrate the show's opening night at an afterparty on April 23 in New York City.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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According to Quakertown solicitor Peter Nelson, McElree, who also serves as Borough Manager, is currently on workers' compensation leave.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
28 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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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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People who collect rare books are book lovers, first and foremost.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 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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Crystal Grove plans also received backlash from residents when petitioners in March appeared before city officials and received approval for the annexation of 112-acre parcels known as 13209, 13232 and 13420 Delaware Street.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The petitioner in the case, Okello Chatrie, was indicted on charges related to an armed robbery of a Virginia credit union in 2019 and wants key cellphone location evidence against him thrown out.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Two police officers talked a man off the top of the Gold Star Bridge security barrier during a mental health crisis on Sunday.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
5 May 2026
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Initially men’s Levi’s jeans and record tapes were the only items for sale.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 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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Such drift was the plight of Pau and her fellow Hong Kongers.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Richardson is a fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and partner of Richardson Ober LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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