as in girlfriend
the person to whom one is engaged to be married
his fiancée is insisting on an elaborate wedding
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Recent Examples of fiancée
This is disrespectful to my daughter and her fiancee.
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The news upends everything, and Charlie is left struggling to figure out how to go forward, how to try to forget, how — or whether — to adjust his image of his beautiful, perfect fiancee.
—Moira MacDonald, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Escott and his fiancee had arrived at the airport in Newcastle, England, on Saturday only to find out that his direct flight to Dubai on Emirates airline was canceled, leaving everyone on the flight stuck there.
—Cara Rubinsky, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
The man told the security officer that the phone belonged to his fiancee, and asked him to drop it off at her work.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2026
Clingan and fiancee Madeleine Ross announced their engagement on Instagram in a post on Tuesday.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
This game came one day after his fiancee, Carolina Matovac, announced on Instagram that yesterday was the scheduled due date for the couple’s first child.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Brown’s fiancee told cops her grandfather owned the gun, not Brown, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Travis Kelce, openly mulling retirement now, figures to be several years removed by then — as will be the buzz that’s been created by his relationship with fiancee Taylor Swift.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The news upends everything, and Charlie is left struggling to figure out how to go forward, how to try to forget, how — or whether — to adjust his image of his beautiful, perfect fiancee.
—Moira MacDonald, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Escott and his fiancee had arrived at the airport in Newcastle, England, on Saturday only to find out that his direct flight to Dubai on Emirates airline was canceled, leaving everyone on the flight stuck there.
—Cara Rubinsky, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
The man told the security officer that the phone belonged to his fiancee, and asked him to drop it off at her work.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2026
Clingan and fiancee Madeleine Ross announced their engagement on Instagram in a post on Tuesday.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
This game came one day after his fiancee, Carolina Matovac, announced on Instagram that yesterday was the scheduled due date for the couple’s first child.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Brown’s fiancee told cops her grandfather owned the gun, not Brown, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Travis Kelce, openly mulling retirement now, figures to be several years removed by then — as will be the buzz that’s been created by his relationship with fiancee Taylor Swift.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiancée
Noun
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All of the sweets are made by Sugiyama's pastry-chef girlfriend Yui Matsuzaki, from scones served with cream and jam, seasonal fruit tarts, lemon cake, shortbread cookies, muffins, and occasionally a Japanese pudding that's to-die-for.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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The hours ticked by, the traffic slowing on the narrow street outside his maisonette’s window and the telly getting louder as Babs’s girlfriend got deeper into her stories.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keshia Golden is charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Calvin Sidney.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Joining Murrill as a plaintiff is a Louisiana woman who says her boyfriend coerced her into taking mifepristone from a California doctor.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Fiancée.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fianc%C3%A9e. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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