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Recent Examples of spinster
In this darkly comic folk tale, Olivia Colman also stars as a spinster fisherwoman fighting for her relationship with Skarsgård who stars as a literal tree.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Yes, in this holiday film, becoming a spinster librarian is framed as the narrative equivalent of murder, insanity, or drowning.
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Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
On The Gilded Age, Nixon plays Ada, the spinster sister of Agnes (Christine Baranski), in all three seasons.
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Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Yes, in this holiday film, becoming a spinster librarian is framed as the narrative equivalent of murder, insanity, or drowning.
—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
On The Gilded Age, Nixon plays Ada, the spinster sister of Agnes (Christine Baranski), in all three seasons.
—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinster
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.
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Across two stints, Magnussen made 185 starts in Formula One and raced for McLaren, Renault and Haas, recording a career-best runner-up finish in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix — his maiden start in F1.
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The report also found higher scam rates among lower-income adults, people of color and people without bachelor’s degrees.
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Snyder earned bachelor’s degrees in English and education, along with a minor in theology, from Valparaiso University in 2003.
Noun
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Palace maids stand around a plump woman, struggling to fasten a black belt sash around her waist.
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The series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman.
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As the bachelorette crew struggled against the river on June 27, Burleson, finally able to get cell phone service, began texting her fiancé, Will McGowan, for weather and fire updates.
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The party portion of the festivities were shared by the tennis WAG on Monday and, this goes without saying, came after a traditional bachelorette fitting.
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“Spinster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinster. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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