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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 rubber meets the road when Polly receives a mysterious box from a bewitching, raspy old woman (Kathryn Hunter, the current go-to for that type of thing — and deservedly so).
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
The three-year extension would see Berman oversee the league through the 2026 men’s World Cup, which the league will pause during the group stage before picking back up during the knockouts, and the 2027 women’s World Cup in Brazil.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But this woman would never have been their muse.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
The following night, the woman returns and finally reveals herself as a girl named Carrie.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
The three-year extension would see Berman oversee the league through the 2026 men’s World Cup, which the league will pause during the group stage before picking back up during the knockouts, and the 2027 women’s World Cup in Brazil.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
But this woman would never have been their muse.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
The following night, the woman returns and finally reveals herself as a girl named Carrie.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
Noun
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So what’s next for the Landry ladies?—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Swift loves her mad women and outlaw ladies, her queens with big reputations.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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His parents and girlfriend of a year, girlfriend, Tia Cubelic, claimed the nearest table.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Miramax produced and financed the film, which hoped to serve as counter-programming for females not interested in Tron or the myriad of male-skewing films dominating the marquee.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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So finding that this was not really the case, and that females had almost twice as many genetic flags than males was an interesting finding.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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My mother worked with a lovely family who had adopted a boy and a girl.—
Kurtcia Collazo,
IndyStar,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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