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Recent Examples of bachelor
My entire education, from kindergarten through my bachelor’s degree, took place right here.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Rakestraw holds associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing and worked as a bedside nurse for the first six years of her career.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Lindsey holds a master’s degree in school leadership from Concordia University Chicago, a master’s degree in communications from Governors State University and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Governors State University.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Mogensen holds a master’s degree in environmental communication and a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Stanford University.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Rakestraw holds associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing and worked as a bedside nurse for the first six years of her career.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Lindsey holds a master’s degree in school leadership from Concordia University Chicago, a master’s degree in communications from Governors State University and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Governors State University.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Mogensen holds a master’s degree in environmental communication and a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Stanford University.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 4 May 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
Noun
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The Daily Racing Form reported Ocelli, the maiden who finished third in the Derby, is now expected to run in the Preakness.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 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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Woods just wrapped her lavish bachelorette vacation, and is now full speed ahead with wedding planning.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 May 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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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 12 May. 2026.
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