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Recent Examples of bachelor
The current starting salary for licensed staff — teachers — with a bachelor’s degree is $54,788 and will be $59,756 for the 2026-2027 school year, according to union officials.
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
There are 14% of certificate holders without a bachelor’s degree.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
There are plenty of data points to bolster the idea that getting your bachelor’s degree is worth it.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
But the bachelor’s degree comes at a cost.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
There are 14% of certificate holders without a bachelor’s degree.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
There are plenty of data points to bolster the idea that getting your bachelor’s degree is worth it.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
But the bachelor’s degree comes at a cost.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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On The Gilded Age, Nixon plays Ada, the spinster sister of Agnes (Christine Baranski), in all three seasons.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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An old spinster, and worse, a scandalous one.—
Grace Aldridge
August 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hernandez rode 18 of Baffert’s 24 winners, including eight wins in 2-year-old maiden races.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brant, the $3 million 2-year-old whose maiden victory in July produced a 101 Beyer speed figure, the best by a horse his age in 2025; Balboa, third to Brant in that maiden race; Desert Gate, 2 for 2 after winning the Best Pal Stakes, and Litmus Test, an $875,000 yearling who won first time out.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The woman detailed a dispute during a destination bachelorette trip that quickly escalated from a seating preference into a broader debate over boundaries.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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New York Times Is bachelorette culture out of hand?—
Ellie Austin,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ella Beaty will play Lizzie, while Rebecca Hall will play Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby, and Vicky Krieps will play Bridget Sullvan, a maid in the Borden household.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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