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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
Other potential suitors include Fox, NBC and Warner Bros Discovery.
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Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Schwarber could still find himself in red pinstripes next season, but the other suitors will be doing everything in their power to sway him to their city.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
There of course would be rival suitors for both, especially the in-his-prime Giannis.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
There has been mounting speculation about the future of ITV Studios and potential suitors.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Schwarber could still find himself in red pinstripes next season, but the other suitors will be doing everything in their power to sway him to their city.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
There of course would be rival suitors for both, especially the in-his-prime Giannis.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
There has been mounting speculation about the future of ITV Studios and potential suitors.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
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Karen Read’s second murder trial entered its fifth week of witness testimony as prosecutors continue to build their case against the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Greater Salt Lake police officers responded to a call from a Millcreek home that a man and his six family members had been held against their will by their pregnant daughter's boyfriend, Garcia.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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In Dracula, Erivo will play a range of characters including solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray, confidante Lucy Westenra and her suitors, vampire hunter Van Helsing and Count Dracula, among others.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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Her plan is to go into general litigation at a mid-size to large law firm or a solicitor’s office.—
Cherise Halsall,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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About 75 members of the group will perform in the coming week at three churches in Broward County before taking a summer break and then inviting fellow music lovers to audition in August.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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The biopic is based on the life of Lucia Joyce, the talented but troubled daughter of James Joyce, who was briefly the lover of Samuel Beckett.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
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In July, a court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ruled in favor of 65 petitioners, affirming that their Afghan spouses were eligible for dual nationality.—
Zia ur-Rehman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hendrix further noted that the petitioners had previously been instructed to file all requests in writing and had not demonstrated any legal basis for bypassing those rules.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Apr. 2025
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Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.—
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
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In previous downturns, every additional dollar spent on SNAP generates about $1.54 in returns to the economy, according to Elaine Waxman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute’s tax and income support division.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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The only lights were from a few fellow early risers with their headlamps bobbing around in the dark.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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