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as in wife
chiefly dialect
a female partner in a marriage
treated his woman to dinner at a five-star restaurant for their fifteenth wedding anniversary
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Recent Examples of woman
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Arthur — who is also chief medical officer of Medtronic Neurovascular, a California company that produces medical devices that help treat aneurysms — noted that brain aneurysms are much more common in women.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman received cuts to her hands and neck.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
After her death, the actress' daughter June Elizabeth highlighted how Lockhart's Lost in Space performance helped influence a generation of women in science.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt hosted women journalists there.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The woman received cuts to her hands and neck.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
After her death, the actress' daughter June Elizabeth highlighted how Lockhart's Lost in Space performance helped influence a generation of women in science.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt hosted women journalists there.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
Noun
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His infectious personality and good looks have won over a few of the ladies and disarmed many of the men.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ladies were joined by her nephew Psalm and niece Chicago — whose parents are Kim and Kanye West — as well as Dream.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dorzon had been shot 11 times and his girlfriend had also been hit, collapsing on the front lawn.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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His girlfriend Swan was also hit and had collapsed in the front yard.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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His wife, Jo Carole Lauder, also donated $500,000 to Fix the City, while his nephew William Lauder has given $1 million—half during the primary, and half during the general election.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Audiences were 61% male, 39% female with 39% ages 24-34.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
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The average female who gets no free food from the government is 146 lbs.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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At age 15, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for advocating for girls' education in her home country of Pakistan.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the absolute minimum, Prince Andrew and others in Epstein’s orbit showed a pathological incuriosity about the young girls who surrounded him—and that is stretching good faith to its very limit.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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