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
Court records say the occupants — including Schwenk, Myers, Myers’ fiancee, and Schwenk’s mother — all escaped the blaze safely.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Jor'Dynn Duncan had been living with her father's fiancee, Emily Kelly, at the time of her death in December 2025, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a news release announcing Kelly, her mother and her daughter had been indicted in the child's killing.
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Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
Philadelphia sports radio personality Mike Missanelli was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly assaulting his fiancee, police said.
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Laura Fay,
CBS News,
8 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.
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Moira MacDonald,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
Jor'Dynn Duncan had been living with her father's fiancee, Emily Kelly, at the time of her death in December 2025, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a news release announcing Kelly, her mother and her daughter had been indicted in the child's killing.
—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
Philadelphia sports radio personality Mike Missanelli was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly assaulting his fiancee, police said.
—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
8 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiancée
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Mercury star and Bonner's girlfriend Alyssa Thomas rushed in to defend Bonner.
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Carruth didn’t shoot his pregnant girlfriend himself, but he would later be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with her death.
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The crash that killed Shirilla's boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, as well as the resulting trial that ended in her conviction, are explored in the recent documentary, The Crash.
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Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
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From artisan bakeries and farmers markets to homemade loaves bubbling on kitchen counters, sourdough has developed a devoted following among food lovers.
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Toni and Shakira appeared to be in trouble after one of the show’s most meta humiliation rituals, in which the group is treated to a showing of clips of themselves having private conversations about their castmates and lovers.
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“Fiancée.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fianc%C3%A9e. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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