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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
The 11-person company was approached by other potential suitors, including Elon Musk’s xAI and Neuralink, executives said in the meeting.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
At second glance, however, the number of potential suitors is limited — for all or for part of WBD.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
The film, led by three movie stars in Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, follows a New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with a wealthy suitor and her ex boyfriend.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Ament, 18, will soon begin his freshman season for the Tennessee Volunteers after turning down a multitude of suitors.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
At second glance, however, the number of potential suitors is limited — for all or for part of WBD.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
The film, led by three movie stars in Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, follows a New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with a wealthy suitor and her ex boyfriend.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Ament, 18, will soon begin his freshman season for the Tennessee Volunteers after turning down a multitude of suitors.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
Noun
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In a confessional, V tells us that her decision to pursue a career as a stew rather than as a deckhand had to do with the fact that being on deck reminded her too much of her late boyfriend, Beau, who died in the ocean.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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In Germany, every day, one woman is being murdered by her husband, boyfriend, whatever.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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The solicitor said key forensic evidence remains pending, writing that most of Dickey’s 40 prior arrests occurred outside his jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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More than 50 cats were submitted for The Star’s cutest cat contest, from tortoiseshells to Birman cats and everything in between — and your submissions have definitely stolen the hearts of the cat lovers in our newsroom.—
Eden Dinneen,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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Fried chicken lovers visiting a Popeyes drive-thru in Florida were unwittingly paying a prison inmate’s commissary fees, according to investigators.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The trial court merely instructed counsel not to manage petitioner’s testimony during that break.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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The petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in April.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jones was chosen from among seven applicants -- six men and one woman -- living in Zone 4.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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By the mid-1970s, women spent much less time cooking, and men picked up little of the slack.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 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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Ohtani also had the motivation of matching his fellow Dodgers starters, who have been phenomenal on the mound ever since the playoff race got serious.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Center for Renewing America fellows had written two more chapters in the report.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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