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Recent Examples of everywoman
But so would Andy Sachs — a character who, in the first movie, was an everywoman both awed by wealth and put off by it, an outsider who briefly immerses herself in another world and then chooses to return to her own.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2025
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).
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 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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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2025
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).
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Later that same month, King Charles stripped Andrew of all of his royal titles and privileges, rendering him a commoner.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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When his time comes to sit on the Iron Throne, Egg proves a thoughtful, compassionate king who makes a genuine effort to improve the lives of the commoners through laws and reforms, much to the displeasure of the aristocracy.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
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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
Noun
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In Jodie Foster’s satire-cum-thriller, George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-ish TV finance guru whose bullish promotion of one stock has led desperate prole Jack O’Connell to lose his life savings, leading to a hostage standoff in the TV studio.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Redmayne brings a sweetly doltish everyman energy to this increasingly off-kilter affair, with much of the dialogue between him and his co-stars (including Stratton-Twine as the missing woman’s slacker brother) improvised in disarmingly shaggy fashion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Maybe Yamamoto’s unassuming everyman act is just that good?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Videos and photos from the scene showed thick gray smoke billowing from the complex and some workers jumping from a building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The need for the factory, the Navy explains, is a major labor shortage for key skills like welding, precision machining workers, and other specialist engineers.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Everywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everywoman. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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