first lady

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Recent Examples of first lady On Friday, Xi's day began at the White House, where Trump and the first lady hosted the Chinese leader and his wife, Peng Liyuan, for tea in the White House's Red Room. — Michelle L. Price, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026 Guests dined on squash and sea bass The first lady helped craft the evening’s menu, which was served on the red china from Ronald Reagan’s presidency. — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Earlier Wednesday, the first lady rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and spoke about women’s role in the global economy at IMPERIA, the first global summit for female CEOs and executives at the New York Stock Exchange. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 As of Thursday morning, there was still no TV pool to cover the president and first lady’s ceremony to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 Following the event, the president and first lady entered the Beast and took a short drive to Marine One parked nearby on the tarmac for their return to the White House. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026 The president and the first lady held hands and walked to the foot of the stairs in front of Xi's plane, standing for a few moments before the Chinese leader and Madame Peng descended. — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 The glamorous, haunting, oh-so-theatrical love story of the legendary Baron Laurence Olivier and his equally iconic first lady, Vivien Leigh, is one filled with superlatives on both sides. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 The final captive passenger pigeons, a pair named George and Martha, after the nation’s first president and first lady, lived out their days in the Cincinnati Zoo. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for first lady
Noun
  • The grand old man of guidebooks may be gone, but many of us will be following his lead for a good long time.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • By his side, Caracas finds a grand old man, a novelist who wanders with him into the depths of the Neapolitan underworld.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Kyiv is split in half by the Dnipro River, with the right bank home to the majority of the city’s business centers, offices and government institutions.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Reopening an already shuttered institution could be much more difficult.
    — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Pearly Kings were once a fixture of East London, raising money in their mother-of-pearl suits.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Former regulars at Dimples, the Burbank karaoke bar where Haskins sang Sinatra, dueted with staff and made strangers feel like friends, remember the actor as a gregarious fixture.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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“First lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20lady. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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