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By late October 2018, at age 25, she was being feted as the new ambassador for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, and was mere weeks away from earning a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Arizona State University (having transferred from UNC Charlotte).
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Consumer behavior is a consolidated subdiscipline within economic and marketing analysis schools and is included as a core class in almost all economic and/or marketing bachelor’s and specific master’s programs.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Allen, 31, graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
Blackmon is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree and hopes to become a social worker and mentor young people, according to the Innocence Clinic.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Consumer behavior is a consolidated subdiscipline within economic and marketing analysis schools and is included as a core class in almost all economic and/or marketing bachelor’s and specific master’s programs.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Allen, 31, graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
Blackmon is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree and hopes to become a social worker and mentor young people, according to the Innocence Clinic.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
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The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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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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Morse wheeled his runner back in seven days after a last-race maiden victory of five lengths on the Arkansas Derby undercard.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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This British production from Hammer Films and director Roy Ward Baker showcases moon maidens, old-fashioned lunar shootouts, buggy chases, and an ex-astronaut turned mercenary salvager trying to snag a 6000-pound sapphire asteroid from orbit for a billionaire industrialist.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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What could go wrong when trying to touch the genitals of a 16th‑century statue during a bachelorette trip?—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Planning a joint bachelor-bachelorette trip gave them a reason to stay in touch, and the conversations quickly became a daily habit.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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