as in concubine
a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
tired of being the other woman, she gave him an ultimatum: divorce his wife or take a hike
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Recent Examples of other woman
The former couple settled outside of court, but several other women came forward with their own lawsuits along the same vein.
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 5 Dec. 2024
About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Her videos quickly caught on and other women who had breast cancer started reaching out to her offering support and words of wisdom.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Bias from other women The researchers focused on four industries where workers are either split equally between men and women or are female-dominated, although the top leadership positions in all these fields are typically held by men.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 5 Dec. 2024
About this other woman with all these identifying details—who finds her father hanging in the garage of the family manse—in Falcon’s Flight.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Her videos quickly caught on and other women who had breast cancer started reaching out to her offering support and words of wisdom.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Bias from other women The researchers focused on four industries where workers are either split equally between men and women or are female-dominated, although the top leadership positions in all these fields are typically held by men.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for other woman
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Faces painted white, surrounded by concubines of every gender, Emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) are utterly taken with the barbarian who can recite Virgil while covered in another man’s blood, after Macrinus presents Lucius in a private showcase.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Luckily for fans turned on by Shogun to the cunning machinations of feudal Japanese lords, swordsmen, concubines and ladies in waiting, the well of samurai storytelling that inspired Shogun and Clavell’s book is very deep indeed.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The romantic dramedy stars Jack Lemmon as a nebbish office drone known for lending out his place for bosses to take their mistresses.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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According to prosecutors, Maund hired Brockway, Carey and Gilad Peled to kill his alleged mistress Holly Williams and her boyfriend Bill Lanway in Nashville in 2020.Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2024
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The Bob Dylan that the world fell in love with was a thinker, a joker, a fighter, and sometimes a lover.Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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But Tavitian, while a lover of fine wine, especially Burgundy, was not born to the manor.Ted Loos, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/other%20woman. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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