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Recent Examples of virginity
The history of side-saddle, for example, comes from the fear that riding astride risks breaking a woman’s hymen, compromising the evidence of her virginity and, therefore, her value.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s realized quite literally by the prolific Swedish actor Stig Järrel, who plays Satan as an aristocrat in a state of perpetual ocular discomfort due to Britt-Marie’s insistence on holding onto her virginity.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
That was when all that curriculum hit the market, and all of a sudden there was a way to package virginity and sell it.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s realized quite literally by the prolific Swedish actor Stig Järrel, who plays Satan as an aristocrat in a state of perpetual ocular discomfort due to Britt-Marie’s insistence on holding onto her virginity.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
That was when all that curriculum hit the market, and all of a sudden there was a way to package virginity and sell it.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virginity
Noun
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This is non-serious lawmaking — a transparent virtue-signal rather than an effort at problem-solving.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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But while this was a flaw Dunham was exploiting, some fans saw it as a virtue.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But prices for high-purity helium used in industrial sectors have doubled in China in the past month, according to Sublime China Information, a Chinese market intelligence firm.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the knowledge of how to enrich uranium to weapons-grade purity does not disappear when centrifuges are destroyed.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His lawyers said Weinstein still maintains his innocence.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Baer appeared perplexed by this coy pretense of innocence.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Kuruc earned all-state honors last season as a sophomore, scoring 24 goals and setting a program record with 26 assists.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two of them were assassinated while serving their nation and received that honor as respect for their efforts.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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Their genuine modesty and humility was really exciting to show.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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His epistemological modesty produced a spirit of caution.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Virginity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virginity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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