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Recent Examples of widower
There’s money to be made from a drunken widower, but a productive painter promises wealth on an entirely different scale.
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The widower now lives comfortably in a mobile home park.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Roth accounts aren't subject to RMDs so a surviving spouse wouldn't have to continue receiving RMD income that would immediately boost the widow or widower into a higher tax bracket when filing a single, rather than joint, tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
My friends had made the man sound an ancient mariner, an invalid widower, near dead from a lurid litany of injuries.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
The widower now lives comfortably in a mobile home park.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Roth accounts aren't subject to RMDs so a surviving spouse wouldn't have to continue receiving RMD income that would immediately boost the widow or widower into a higher tax bracket when filing a single, rather than joint, tax return.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widower
Noun
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Everybody told her this—her studio, her husband, the press.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Her husband John Legend, along with another woman on the carpet, knelt to untangle the dress's hem.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Mistakes can follow the executor, the surviving spouse, or the beneficiaries long after the funeral.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Here’s what experts say ‘Survivor’s penalty’ can affect retirees after a spouse dies.—
Charlotte Morabito,
CNBC,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Marks and his partner, Robert Hazan, both Americans, told the Naperville Sun in 2020 that business concept for Guzman y Gomez stemmed from their inability to find authentic Mexican food in Australia.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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There’s some consistency to how McCartney and his partner have fashioned this as a rock record that’s closer to mid-period Wings than any kind of flagrant Beatles self-homage.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Noun
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How could your wife get a headache with a great hubby like you?—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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The Selling Sunset star secretly tied the knot to her businessman hubby Christian Richard in December 2020.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Widower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widower. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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