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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
In part two, Viola must choose between two suitors: Lord Mayo, her protector who captivates her in part one, or Lord Pickle, who is dark and mysterious.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The ladies then go on their final dates with their suitors.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 16 June 2025
Unfortunately, this means that even when the US policy environment swings back to being pro-international students, existing pipelines of talent will have new suitors.
—Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
The player’s agent, in an effort to make a deal as smooth as possible, will often obtain an ‘asking price’ from a selling club to pass on to would-be buyers, so suitors will know roughly where to pitch their opening offer.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 June 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The ladies then go on their final dates with their suitors.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 16 June 2025
Unfortunately, this means that even when the US policy environment swings back to being pro-international students, existing pipelines of talent will have new suitors.
—Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
The player’s agent, in an effort to make a deal as smooth as possible, will often obtain an ‘asking price’ from a selling club to pass on to would-be buyers, so suitors will know roughly where to pitch their opening offer.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
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Prosecutors accused Read, 45, of hitting her boyfriend John O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and leaving him to die during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Francesco recalled a visit from Elizabeth Taylor’s boyfriend who was quite enamored.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2025
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Episode 1 chronicles the arrest of Jamie at his family’s home, his transport to the police station, his meeting with a public solicitor and interrogation by the detectives, while Episode 2 finds Luke and Misha questioning seeking information at Jaime’s school.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Cuff founded Cuff Roberts, another solicitors’ firm, in 1894.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Any dinosaur lovers at home should be eating up this documentary special series on PBS this week.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
19 June 2025
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Here are performances music lovers won’t want to miss.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
19 June 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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Lawyer Eric Baxter, who is representing the petitioners in the case, was skeptical that such a ruling would lead to countless lawsuits.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Noteworthy is that all but two of Harvard’s Ivy League peers — Cornell University and Columbia University — were included in the group of petitioners.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Six men were inside a 2018 GMC Sierra pickup truck at the time of the shooting.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
1 July 2025
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In addition to those three moves, the Rockets also worked out a new deal with veteran big man Steven Adams.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 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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Horowitz, who had taught robotics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and went on to become a graduate fellow at the California Institute of Technology, thought that AI and robotics could help improve those margins.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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The Twins ultimately traded Cruz and fellow reliever Evan Sisk to the Royals in the 2023 offseason.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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