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Recent Examples of bachelor
Fewins-Biss earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Central Michigan University and recently was appointed to the CMU Board of Trustees.
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CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The Moraine Valley Community College student earned an associate’s degree from Moraine valley and completed his bachelor’s degree in biology.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Dynamite’s dysfunctional family included his weird Uncle Rico, a bachelor who sold breast implants.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The titular bachelor or bachelorette is intended to be the paragon of virtue, someone worthy of two dozen people vying for their heart.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The Moraine Valley Community College student earned an associate’s degree from Moraine valley and completed his bachelor’s degree in biology.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Dynamite’s dysfunctional family included his weird Uncle Rico, a bachelor who sold breast implants.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The titular bachelor or bachelorette is intended to be the paragon of virtue, someone worthy of two dozen people vying for their heart.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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There would be some updates—instead of a spinster, my protagonist, Clemence Lathbury, is a divorcee.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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In such cards, suffragettes were usually depicted as ugly spinsters or abusive, lazy wives.—
Melissa Chan,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 24-year-old American is trying to become the first player since Craig Perks in 2002 to win in his Players Championship debut, and the first to make The Players his maiden career title on this tour since Tim Clark 16 years ago.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The 2026 Miss Smiling Irish Eyes is Molly McKenna, and the court maidens Kennedy Kuntz and Sidney Hoover.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The titular bachelor or bachelorette is intended to be the paragon of virtue, someone worthy of two dozen people vying for their heart.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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On March 19, ABC made the decision to pull The Bachelorette after a video emerged of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul, who was this season’s bachelorette, throwing a chair at her partner Dakota Mortensen, in the vicinity of one of her children.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the bar maids rallied together and eventually won their fight.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Here, Tomlinson plays an Irish lady’s maid turned high society seamstress named Louisa, who has a history with Young Jolyon.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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