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as in wife
chiefly dialect
a female partner in a marriage
treated his woman to dinner at a five-star restaurant for their fifteenth wedding anniversary
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Recent Examples of woman
The woman tried to explain that this was different.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The 53-year-old Arlington woman was fatally stabbed at her home on Monday.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Parts is listed as the winner of the women's 10,000 meters at the Bill Butler Invitational in April and as a participant in the Paul Donahue Invite that same month and the Centennial Championships in early May, according to the athlete's Swarthmore Athletics page.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Per some glaring social media posts that went viral last week, the distributor seemingly used AI to face swap a male character with the face of a woman.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for woman
Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The 53-year-old Arlington woman was fatally stabbed at her home on Monday.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
Parts is listed as the winner of the women's 10,000 meters at the Bill Butler Invitational in April and as a participant in the Paul Donahue Invite that same month and the Centennial Championships in early May, according to the athlete's Swarthmore Athletics page.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Per some glaring social media posts that went viral last week, the distributor seemingly used AI to face swap a male character with the face of a woman.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
Noun
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The ladies also opened up about the possibility of a Kpop Demon Hunters sequel, which has not yet been announced despite how anxious fans are for it.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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Carol is one of 23 single ladies competing for the hand of Mel Owens, 66, who also hails from the world of professional sports.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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There’s Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, of course, but also Joe and his girlfriend, Rosa; Sam and the secretly gay matinee idol Tracy; Sam and Rosa; and Joe and his sister, Sarah (a brother in the book).—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tensions arise when a struggling, idealistic poet meets his girlfriend’s family at their idyllic, hillside countryside home in Hong Sang-soo’s latest feature — a quietly profound meditation on the complexities of filial love and familial strife.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Eighty-three 11 to 15-year-old New Zealanders (37% Māori; 42% female) were studied over eight nights.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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This new addition brings the zoo’s Asian elephant herd to nine members, which now includes five females and four males.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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The editors were cutting together the scene when Cole finds the ghost of a dead girl named Kyra, played by Mischa Barton.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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The 5-foot-1-inch singer with a very big voice is due to give birth to her first child, a girl, in two weeks.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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