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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
The women’s contest — with defending champ Miki Sudo — will reply on ESPN2 during the men’s competition.
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Erin Lassner,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2026
Stanton and her co-signatories (68 women and 32 men) demanded a simple, audacious remedy.
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Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Did the woman who has spent a career immersed in romance with all of its joys and sorrows really exchange vows in what's essentially her workplace?
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Sudo is an 11-time winner and holds the women's record of 51 dogs.
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for woman
Erin Lassner,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2026
Stanton and her co-signatories (68 women and 32 men) demanded a simple, audacious remedy.
—
Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Did the woman who has spent a career immersed in romance with all of its joys and sorrows really exchange vows in what's essentially her workplace?
—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Sudo is an 11-time winner and holds the women's record of 51 dogs.
—
ABC News,
4 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for woman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
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Please help all of us short, full-figured ladies.
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The vice president and second lady are expecting her fourth child, a boy due in July.
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Dunham, Antonoff's ex-girlfriend, is also a longtime friend of the pop superstar.
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His girlfriend, Syanna Ruiz, held their child in court, demanding the defendants remain behind bars.
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His wife is from Mexico and their son learned the native tongue, T'aiki, in preschool; the family speaks Spanish and English at home.
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Adorni’s private life first drew scrutiny in March when his wife, who doesn’t work in government, accompanied him on the presidential aircraft for a conference in New York.
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In many cases, males blink about every five seconds while searching for females and females respond with flashes of their own about every two seconds.
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Deputies entered the apartment to find a deceased adult female, according to the post.
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Morrow was part of a group of six women and girls from northeast Kansas and Texas, ranging from childhood to age 85, who visited the Brown site together June 12.
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BangkokReuters — The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder.
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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