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Recent Examples of everywoman
Not Bridget Jones, freed from being an everywoman at last, and able to love herself.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Bobbie adjusts to her new life as McEntire wields her grumbling everywoman sitcom humor once again.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Everyone else on the show is cheerfully hamming it up—Dakota Fanning harnessing elite levels of (spoiled) brat as another daughter-in-law, Eve Hewson modeling perplexed everywoman accessibility as the bride—and amid the liveliness, Kidman’s performance feels markedly out of place.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
With Labor Day in the rearview and an ever so slight chill in the air, the actor put her everywoman, boho-esque spin on a preppy outfit.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Bobbie adjusts to her new life as McEntire wields her grumbling everywoman sitcom humor once again.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Everyone else on the show is cheerfully hamming it up—Dakota Fanning harnessing elite levels of (spoiled) brat as another daughter-in-law, Eve Hewson modeling perplexed everywoman accessibility as the bride—and amid the liveliness, Kidman’s performance feels markedly out of place.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
With Labor Day in the rearview and an ever so slight chill in the air, the actor put her everywoman, boho-esque spin on a preppy outfit.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Sep. 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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Fundamentally, the proletarian forfeits not so much income as individual freedom and the sovereignty of his or her class.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 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
Noun
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The same grace was not extended to the dozens of collateral princes and princesses, who were stripped of their royal status and rendered commoners.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 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
Noun
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Occasionally, like tonight, a chiseled pleb or square-jawed gym owner will pass muster, taking her to some exclusive club in Tribeca.—
Seija Rankin,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2021
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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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Nathan Fillion straddles the line between everyman and hunk — and he’s built a career out of it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Wendt played the lovable everyman and beer-guzzling barfly Norm Peterson across all 11 seasons of the NBC sitcom, from 1982-1993.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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With the recent signing of an executive order aimed at allowing 401(k) plans to include alternative investments such as private equity, private credit, real estate and cryptocurrency, more American workers could gain access to investment vehicles that were once off-limits to most retirement savers.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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After a mid-July fire broke out at the Franklin Walmart, shutting down the store, workers are thanking first responders with new grills and food.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Everywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/everywoman. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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