as in wife
a woman who has just married or is about to be married
a new bride the mother of the bride
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Recent Examples of bride
On a white-run construction site in West Africa, an edgy, tightly wound foreman anxiously awaits his bride.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Complications ensue and, hidden by a big veil, Ziva steps in as the pretend bride to keep the trap alive.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
So Belly is no longer a child bride and is instead Eat Pray Love–ing?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The brides themselves were pleased, noting that the couple appreciated Verlin's outfit choice and attention to the dress code—especially as the wedding colors were pink and green, which matched Verlin's tie and her husband's suit.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Complications ensue and, hidden by a big veil, Ziva steps in as the pretend bride to keep the trap alive.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
So Belly is no longer a child bride and is instead Eat Pray Love–ing?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The brides themselves were pleased, noting that the couple appreciated Verlin's outfit choice and attention to the dress code—especially as the wedding colors were pink and green, which matched Verlin's tie and her husband's suit.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bride
Noun
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wicks’ modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Someone else Johansson would love to see on SNL this season is her Eleanor the Great leading lady.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Bride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bride. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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