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Recent Examples of bachelor
The young officer from the small town of Galesburg, Kansas, earned a bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State University and a master’s degree from Oklahoma State University.
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Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Offering more than 120 bachelor's, 43 master's and 25 doctoral programs across six colleges—including engineering, sciences, business and education—the university is classified as having very high research activity.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Creer earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2010 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master of Public Administration in 2012 from Northern Illinois University.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Gardner holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and a law degree from the University of Colorado.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Offering more than 120 bachelor's, 43 master's and 25 doctoral programs across six colleges—including engineering, sciences, business and education—the university is classified as having very high research activity.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Creer earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2010 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master of Public Administration in 2012 from Northern Illinois University.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Gardner holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and a law degree from the University of Colorado.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 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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Since breaking his maiden on the Jimmy Durante turf course at Del Mar on September 10, 2023, Formidable Man has reeled off five consecutive Stakes wins in his starts at the Seaside Oval.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Federico Chiesa earned cult hero status during his maiden campaign at Liverpool.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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