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Recent Examples of madam That thing might have a statue of Elvis in it, gold bathroom fixtures and thick dark draperies tied off in braided silk that suggest a madam’s place of business. Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 17 May 2025 Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party. Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property. Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 As seen through Leite’s hedonistic sensibilities, Brazil’s red-light districts vibrated with intoxicating samba and bohemian camaraderie; shrewd madams kept the police at bay, and clients did not dare mistreat the women. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for madam
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wife
Noun
  • Olsen spoke with Fox News Digital about the importance of having people like his wife, Kara, Swift, Claire Kittle and many others also traveling to Nashville for this occasion.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • While Connor McDavid skates circles around opponents as one of the top players in the National Hockey League, his wife Lauren Kyle McDavid is on a mission to share her style sensibilities in their home market of Edmonton.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025

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“Madam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madam. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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