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Recent Examples of everywoman
Spielberg introduced a behind-the-scenes clip that didn’t quite confirm an alien theme, though plenty of menacing figures in unmarked black cars were seen chasing Blunt (who appeared in several scenes as an everywoman in a rural area).
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2025
Song’s script clearly wants to frame Lucy as a scrappy everywoman, the kind of dame who is pragmatic in all areas of her life.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The modernist visage embraces the everywoman who just wants to get into bed and nap—talk about art imitating life.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
Bobbie adjusts to her new life as McEntire wields her grumbling everywoman sitcom humor once again.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2025
Song’s script clearly wants to frame Lucy as a scrappy everywoman, the kind of dame who is pragmatic in all areas of her life.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The modernist visage embraces the everywoman who just wants to get into bed and nap—talk about art imitating life.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
Bobbie adjusts to her new life as McEntire wields her grumbling everywoman sitcom humor once again.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for everywoman
Noun
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Sure, there’s the plain Jane staples, but Fat Patty also offers a variety of specialty burgers.—
Renee Umsted,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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Jane starts off literally like plain Jane, very sweet and wholesome.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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On the one hand, the proletarian contributes every bit of on-the-clock activity to the value of the resulting commodity.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The song, now considered a protest anthem, is about a social revolution in which French proletarians stand against the ruling class — in this case, an oppressive monarchy.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Born on a New York farm in 1821, Youmans didn’t come from a notable family or attend elite schools —his name even derives from yeoman, a self-reliant commoner.—
Sabrina Schaeffer,
Oc Register,
4 July 2025
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Once reserved for aristocrats, these menageries opened to the public in the 17th and 18th centuries; commoners could also attend performances hosted by itinerant showmen who traveled from town to town with exotic species in tow.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
Noun
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So much for plebeians like myself, who tended to plants at a local nursery for minimum wage at 17.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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Instead of following his gut like some unenlightened pleb, Patrick trusts his spleen and his spleen alone.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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But because these monsters have yet to develop any fungal armor, runners are susceptible to gunshots, knives, and any other weaponry that would take out your average pleb.—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
20 Jan. 2023
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Raskin pushed for the company to make a computer designed for the everyman and named it the Macintosh, after his favorite variety of apple — a variety that had just about reached its peak.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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That might have been cartoonish in another helmer’s hands, yet Wheatley is great with actors, recognizing in Odenkirk a kind of secret weapon: The actor presents as an everyman, but possesses an inner Bruce Willis.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rural farmers could receive payments, urban workers could send money home and millions joined the formal economy for the first time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Everywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everywoman. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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