widows

plural of widow

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widows
Noun
  • Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing.
    Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Conflict on both sides Men tend to be happy when their wives’ earnings fall in a particular range, according to research.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Hawley-Peters Senate bill, branded the HONEST Act, would prohibit lawmakers, their spouses, and dependents from owning or trading individual stocks, with a 180-day deadline to sell off any holdings.
    Nik Popli, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Discussions with partners, spouses and close friends will be practical and mutually sympathetic.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • He has been replaced by Joe Potts who was at Liverpool women for four years.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Armani, who had already introduced unstructured jackets for men and women, was part of the generation of designers who ushered in a less formal fashion era, one that would allow men and women to look refined without looking stuffy.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Widows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widows. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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