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widower

noun

Definition of widower

as in husband

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Recent Examples of widower That changed the trajectory for Soulm8te, a spinoff set in the M3GAN universe starring Lily Sullivan as Sara, an AI-powered companion for a grieving widower, David, played by David Rysdahl. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 Written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Transformers One, Ant-Man and the Wasp), Pathetic Fallacy follows a young widower to a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026 Giovanni Galante, a 9/11 widower, started the petition with a woman who lost her husband on 9/11. — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 27 July 2026 Charles builds their cabin with help from a kind widower and Civil War veteran, John Edwards (Warren Christie), who struggles with alcohol; Edwards’ sometime companion (Rebecca Amzallag) is a fiercely independent bar owner. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for widower

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Similarly, Lisa’s husband, John, is striking a very different chord this year.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Greer’s husband, David Hutchins, announced her death in a statement published Wednesday.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of husband

Noun

Others may be learning to live with a disability, giving up driving, caring for a spouse, moving from a longtime home, beginning a new relationship or adjusting to changes in independence.

— Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
The average monthly benefit for a surviving spouse — which is $1,933 — would rise by about $70, AARP stated, and Social Security Disability Insurance for the average worker with a disability — at $1,635 — would go up by about $59 a month.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of spouse

Noun

In South Korea, Chipotle and its local partner built a supply chain designed to meet the company’s global food quality standards.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Yet the region remains less than the sum of its parts, argued Edward Au, southern region managing partner for Deloitte China, who joined Che on the panel.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026

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Noun

My darling hubby took the photo a few months ago on his phone and our kitty won first place at my local gym/OTF pet photo contest!

— Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026
As recently as earlyJuly, Parton put out a video thank you to Swift and then soon-to-be hubby Travis Kelce for including a $2 million donation to the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

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