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widow

noun

Definition of widownext
as in wife

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Recent Examples of widow The 72-year-old Cuban widow filed for temporary custody shortly after the disturbing incident. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 John Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck is opening up about the actor's final hours more than two decades after his death. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 The streamer subsequently dropped Spacey from the starring role of Frank Underwood, announcing that Robin Wright would lead the final season as Frank’s widow Claire Underwood. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 Convicted of first-degree murder, breaking and entering and robbery in August 1998, jurors agreed the state proved that Steen had broken into the home of a well-to-do elderly widow, Virginia Frost, two years prior. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for widow
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  1. wife
  2. spouse
  3. madam
Noun
  • On Friday, Xi's day began at the White House, where Trump and the first lady hosted the Chinese leader and his wife, Peng Liyuan, for tea in the White House's Red Room.
    — MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Martha and her mother Maria Alberto Gonzalez and his wife, Catalina Gonzalez, remember taking two buses and a train from their home on the North Side to get to the restaurant in the late 1960s.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of wife
Noun
  • But my first and most valued reader is always my spouse, Sarah Urist Green.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Also very modern-seeming are the complex emotional relationships Perry describes between spouses, parents and their children, siblings or friends from different cultures or societies.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of spouse
Noun
  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas For her second Hollywood role, Parton again found herself a fit as Mona Stangely, the warm-hearted madam at the center of 1982’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Mysaria, dressed to impress in her white silk robes, invites the madam Sylvi over for an ultra-exclusive backstage tour of the Red Keep.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of madam

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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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