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as in boyfriends
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 solicitors
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 suitors
The Boston Celtics and Heat gained steam as the leading suitors in the Giannis sweepstakes on the eve of the NBA Draft.
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Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Manuel made a deal with May shortly after the season ended in part to keep him away from suitors such as North Carolina, which fired Hubert Davis and hired former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
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Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
With the divorce rate approaching 50 percent, a prenup is essential for wealthy suitors.
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Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
In Ithaca, the suitors have been eating up Odysseus’ livestock and harassing his wife for years.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
But the Sam Altman drama, which is nearly completed, isn’t without suitors.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 June 2026
In the popular imagination, romantasy is a heterosexual affair, centered on mortal heroines and their supernatural suitors.
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Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Gaethje will have no shortage of suitors and Topuria is likely to receive a few callouts now that his aura of invincibility has been compromised.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Then, at the 2023 trade deadline, the Heat again were linked to Irving, when the Heat again were listed as suitors, with Irving instead sent by the Nets to the Dallas Mavericks.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Manuel made a deal with May shortly after the season ended in part to keep him away from suitors such as North Carolina, which fired Hubert Davis and hired former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone.
—
Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
With the divorce rate approaching 50 percent, a prenup is essential for wealthy suitors.
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Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
In Ithaca, the suitors have been eating up Odysseus’ livestock and harassing his wife for years.
—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
But the Sam Altman drama, which is nearly completed, isn’t without suitors.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 June 2026
In the popular imagination, romantasy is a heterosexual affair, centered on mortal heroines and their supernatural suitors.
—
Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Gaethje will have no shortage of suitors and Topuria is likely to receive a few callouts now that his aura of invincibility has been compromised.
—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Then, at the 2023 trade deadline, the Heat again were linked to Irving, when the Heat again were listed as suitors, with Irving instead sent by the Nets to the Dallas Mavericks.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitors
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By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls.
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By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested.
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But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an unexpected turn this week when the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions.
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Three generations served as solicitors on the state’s 14th Circuit, while maintaining a lucrative private law practice in Hampton County.
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
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And now the opportunity to get to travel to them with other fans, with other book lovers, just too good to pass up.
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The petitioners argued that Kenya’s healthcare system is already overstretched and may be unable to manage foreign Ebola patients safely.
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Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, said Wednesday night that petitioners collected more than the roughly 875,000 signatures needed to place the original proposal before voters.
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Canada has an 8-0 advantage in shots on goal; meanwhile, Qatar is down to 10 men after a red card, the fifth of the tournament so far.
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That's when two men jumped in, and fists started flying.
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
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Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
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More than anything, in the halo headpieces that are her signature accessory, Mary recalls a medieval religious icon, the Holy Virgin as fictional diva, touching down on stages in major markets to be adored by seas of light-waving supplicants.
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“Suitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitors. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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