bride-to-be

noun

: a woman who is going to be married soon

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The whole proposal moment was captured in a viral TikTok video by New Jersey native Evan Phillips, 27, who shared his future bride-to-be’s reaction to seeing him on a rooftop ready to get down on one knee. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 In Colombia, an 18-year-old visits her estranged mother — a former guerrilla turned bride-to-be — hoping to find a revolutionary heroine but instead encounters silence, regret and love unspoken. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025 The group includes Shiva (Mariam Afshari), a photographer; Golrokh (Hadis Pakbaten), a bride-to-be; Golrokh’s groom, Ali (Majid Panahi); and Hamid (Majid Panahi), Shiva’s tempestuous ex-boyfriend. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025 Immediately springing into action, Blue successfully applies a tourniquet to a bleeding bride-to-be, proving that being a first responder might just be in his blood. Andy Swift, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bride-to-be

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“Bride-to-be.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bride-to-be. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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