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Recent Examples of bachelor
Scott, who earned a bachelor’s degree in fashion design from Pratt in 1996, is a favorite with such celebrities as Katy Perry, Margot Robbie, Taylor Swift, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Sabrina Carpenter for his signature designs.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Agnes would go on to receive her bachelor of science in nursing from Florida A&M University.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Born in New Orleans in July 1948, William Kent Gibson earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1970 and his master’s from Stanford University film school in 1974.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
These 200 small and large colleges span rural, urban and suburban areas and provide workforce programs, transfer, bachelor’s degree programs or some combination of the latter two.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Agnes would go on to receive her bachelor of science in nursing from Florida A&M University.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Born in New Orleans in July 1948, William Kent Gibson earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1970 and his master’s from Stanford University film school in 1974.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
These 200 small and large colleges span rural, urban and suburban areas and provide workforce programs, transfer, bachelor’s degree programs or some combination of the latter two.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
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Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Star Seeker’s maiden season includes departures through Central America, Alaska, and Japan.—
Stacey Zable,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Civil Liberty was the only maiden in the field and was listed at 30-1 on the morning line.—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a post-credits scene of the episode, Kardashian recalled a silly moment with her mom at Lauren Sánchez Bezos's bachelorette dinner, which took place earlier this year.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the exploding festival stage, there’s a drunken bachelorette wreck, plus a jaw-dropping boy-with-the-red-balloon moment involving a little girl and a kite.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jessica Barden will play the actress Nance O’Neill, who was Lizzie’s friend, and Vicky Krieps will star the Borden family’s maid, Bridget Sullivan.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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