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Recent Examples of virginity
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.
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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
The writer, Arthur Golden, focused on the story of a young geisha selling her virginity, which geishas told Yu was not common practice.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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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
The writer, Arthur Golden, focused on the story of a young geisha selling her virginity, which geishas told Yu was not common practice.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virginity
Noun
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Whoever first claimed that patience is a virtue was wrong (or at least, very frustrated).—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Emmy-winning series offers a $250,000 prize to 23 contestants who work to prove their virtue over 11 episodes.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On the other hand, gold bars that aren't from certified refiners may be harder to sell and could require assay testing to verify their purity.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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These factors create wines with vibrant acidity, intense aromatics and exceptional varietal purity, according to the Cihlars.—
Michael Johnson,
Twin Cities,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Historically, most people compensated under the Tim Cole Act were either declared actually innocent by the Court of Criminal Appeals or pardoned on the basis of innocence.—
Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Dotson eventually was cleared of his conviction altogether after DNA evidence proved his innocence, and Lupel’s representation of Dotson made Lupel a prominent figure locally and nationally as courts and Illinois’ governor weighed Dotson’s fate.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Prior athletes who have received the honor include soccer legend Lionel Messi, former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson and Olympians Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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A lot of the push and effort to fund restaurants, especially locally, came in honor of his brother, who cofounded the company.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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My accent and ways of saying signaled something different there, something other than modesty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Offering a subtle touch of modesty, this tunic features extra coverage for your backside.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Virginity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virginity. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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