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Recent Examples of widower
The film, a political fable, is about Marcel, a widower, a quiet man seeking refuge in a safe place, and a place of safety to raise his young son, while paranoia reigns around him.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, hunky Irish head of peds Cormac Hayes, a widower and a dad, arrives.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
The group offers widow and widower social and educational activities such as weekly cribbage and euchre, monthly Mexican Train games along with walks at Mission Bay or Lake Murray followed by breakfast weekly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
The glue holding Eleanor the Great together isn’t humor, however, so much as grief — from Eleanor, from Nina and her widower father (Chiwetel Ejiofor), both still mourning the loss of Nina’s mother, and even from Bessie herself.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, hunky Irish head of peds Cormac Hayes, a widower and a dad, arrives.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
The group offers widow and widower social and educational activities such as weekly cribbage and euchre, monthly Mexican Train games along with walks at Mission Bay or Lake Murray followed by breakfast weekly.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
The glue holding Eleanor the Great together isn’t humor, however, so much as grief — from Eleanor, from Nina and her widower father (Chiwetel Ejiofor), both still mourning the loss of Nina’s mother, and even from Bessie herself.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widower
Noun
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Now a mommy influencer on Instagram, Abby and her husband call upon Noah to oversee a baby naming ceremony, which a vengeful Joanne also attends.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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On the day show up when the party starts, smile, thank everyone, especially MIL then have your husband pick you up exactly when the party is due to end.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some states don't allow spouses to receive pay for care work.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the show has since been rebooted to include the original cast's spouses and children, Polizzi said a lot of people refuse to see her as anything other than an early 2000s-era party girl.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With this imagery, a terrain map can be generated for use by urban planners, or a soldier can print a copy of an image and share it with foreign mission partners on the battlefield.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Her partner's mom got OP's daughter a gift, but none of her partner's siblings did.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Early this year, Baldoni actually sued Lively, hubby Ryan Reynolds and others for defamation in a $400 million countersuit.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Widower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widower. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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