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Recent Examples of spinster
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
True, the last season did include a whole plot where Ada, an aging spinster, finally found an incredibly sentimental romance with a nice minister who then exits, via death, with the urgency of someone who’s been informed that their car alarm is going off outside.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Agnes' son Oscar lost the family fortune to an investment scam while her sister Ada inherited her own windfall from husband Luke (Robert Sean Leonard), whom the former spinster married just before his untimely death from cancer.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
True, the last season did include a whole plot where Ada, an aging spinster, finally found an incredibly sentimental romance with a nice minister who then exits, via death, with the urgency of someone who’s been informed that their car alarm is going off outside.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Agnes' son Oscar lost the family fortune to an investment scam while her sister Ada inherited her own windfall from husband Luke (Robert Sean Leonard), whom the former spinster married just before his untimely death from cancer.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinster
Noun
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Star Seeker’s maiden season includes departures through Central America, Alaska, and Japan.—
Stacey Zable,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Civil Liberty was the only maiden in the field and was listed at 30-1 on the morning line.—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Bloomberg, fresh off earning a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Harvard University, actually had the option to make more.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The scholarship does not cover a four-year bachelor’s degree from Valencia.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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Liongate just greenlit a sequel film based on the second book in Freida McFadden’s trilogy series, The Housemaid’s Secret, with Sydney Sweeney returning as the devious maid, Millie Calloway.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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My poor mother had to work as a maid in the village.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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In a post-credits scene of the episode, Kardashian recalled a silly moment with her mom at Lauren Sánchez Bezos's bachelorette dinner, which took place earlier this year.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the exploding festival stage, there’s a drunken bachelorette wreck, plus a jaw-dropping boy-with-the-red-balloon moment involving a little girl and a kite.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Spinster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinster. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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