widows

plural of widow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for widows
Noun
  • What is perhaps surprising is that some parents and soon-to-be parents cling so tightly to old wives tales in the face of so much technological advancement.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Your favorite doctors and doctors’ wives are on call in Vegas with the perfect prescription of honesty, humor and heady shade.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The reality show, in which daters get to know potential spouses from the other side of a wall, is set in Denver this time around, with a group of new singles who have various motives for wanting to date without seeing or being seen by a potential partner.
    Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Stein’s parents moved to Oakland from Baltimore three years later, so the spouses grew up in the same climate.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Israel needs more women, and Goldberg-Polin would also represent religious people that are more liberal, which the country also needs, Meron says.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have increased, death rates have been declining, and five-year survival rates have risen.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Widows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widows. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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