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Recent Examples of widower
Dinner Dance for widows and widowers The North County Widows and Widowers Club holds a Dinner Dance with live music from 5 to 9:30 p.m. June 27 at the Oceanside Elks Lodge, 444 Country Club Lane.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The reasoning is that after losing a spouse, the widower is often emotionally vulnerable.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Years later, her housekeeping skills attracted a new groom, a widower with a young daughter named Ida.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Dinner Dance for widows and widowers The North County Widows and Widowers Club holds a Dinner Dance with live music from 5 to 9:30 p.m. June 27 at Oceanside Elks Lodge, 444 Country Club Lane.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The reasoning is that after losing a spouse, the widower is often emotionally vulnerable.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Years later, her housekeeping skills attracted a new groom, a widower with a young daughter named Ida.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Dinner Dance for widows and widowers The North County Widows and Widowers Club holds a Dinner Dance with live music from 5 to 9:30 p.m. June 27 at Oceanside Elks Lodge, 444 Country Club Lane.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widower
Noun
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The memoir describes the fallout of Lacey’s divorce from her emotionally abusive husband.—
Diana Arterian
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Her husband stated that she was subsequently granted authorization to work legally in the U.S. At the time of her detention, Sakeik was in the process of applying for a green card.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The National Immigration Agency estimates about 140,000 Chinese spouses hold permanent residency in Taiwan, a democratic, self-governing island which China claims as its territory.—
Ashish Valentine,
NPR,
29 June 2025
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In the case of spouses, USCIS officers are required to gather testimony and evaluate other relevant evidence to determine whether the relationship meets the criteria.—
Maykel Gonzalez,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
Noun
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According to the TikTok profile, Kieffer is six feet and 10 inches tall, while his partner stands at six feet and two inches.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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But Trump has often expressed a more complicated view of Russian aggression, at times even seeming to treat the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, more as a potential partner than as a threat.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The actress won an award for outstanding writing for a comedy series and gave a shoutout other then hubby.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
21 Mar. 2025
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Turns out that state budget surplus that Casey’s hubby has been claiming as evidence of his own special skills was propped up all along by COVID-era billions, courtesy of the smiling guy with the aviator glasses and crippling ice cream addiction.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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“Widower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widower. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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