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Recent Examples of widow
His widow hopes his legacy will include improving safety for other workers.
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
Erika Kirk, Charlie's widow, became a household name almost overnight, tearfully emerging at the memorial service to sparklers and music.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Over the next two years, his widow moved several different guys in.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
And actually had a media summit with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erica Kirk.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
Erika Kirk, Charlie's widow, became a household name almost overnight, tearfully emerging at the memorial service to sparklers and music.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Over the next two years, his widow moved several different guys in.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
And actually had a media summit with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erica Kirk.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
Noun
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In court Monday, attorneys for both Maduro and his wife requested that health and medical issues be attended to for their clients.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pratt and his wife, fellow Hills alum Heidi Montag, lost their home in the Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures last January.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So Vrabel asked if Kraft would greenlight a trip for the spouses and significant others to tag along to New York for the Jets game, and the owner agreed.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Dead husbands and wives returned to seduce former spouses.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The original madam of all madams.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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