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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
Noun
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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.
Noun
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It may have first been owned by wealthy bachelor Floris Soop, possibly the man who appears in a 1654 painting by the artist now hanging in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Siena Hainline completed her bachelor’s degree this past May from University ofMichigan in Ann Arbor.
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The late Taylor Bradford’s book details the decades-long story of Emma Harte, a Yorkshire maid who becomes a business mogul.
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In another, a Pullman maid is bent over, hard at work, with her hair swept back into a ponytail, her gaze pointed downward and focused on the task at hand.
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When a wedding planner confirmed the famous couple's wedding was not taking place that weekend, reports about Swift and Kelce's whereabouts suggested the duo could have been attending their respective bachelorette and bachelor parties instead.
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The festivities kicked off with Cassidy's bachelorette weekend in Coronado.
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“Spinster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinster. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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