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Recent Examples of widow
There was a dispute with Chalino’s widow over the rights to his music.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Vontaye Mitchell's widow still wrestles with grief In her letter, Harmon said all four men need to be held accountable in Mitchell's death and that she is still traumatized by memory of receiving the call informing her that her husband was gone.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Darrel Toms died in August 2021, his widow and daughter called Kraft Bros Funeral Directors to coordinate his burial during the weekend.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Imagine a widow’s adult children are concerned about her new love interest inheriting her estate.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
D'Vontaye Mitchell's widow still wrestles with grief In her letter, Harmon said all four men need to be held accountable in Mitchell's death and that she is still traumatized by memory of receiving the call informing her that her husband was gone.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Darrel Toms died in August 2021, his widow and daughter called Kraft Bros Funeral Directors to coordinate his burial during the weekend.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Imagine a widow’s adult children are concerned about her new love interest inheriting her estate.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of her detective drama Honey, Don't hitting theaters later this month, Aubrey Plaza has signed on to play infamous Hollywood madam, Heidi Fleiss.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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