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Recent Examples of spinster
Dafoe, an actor who has played more than his fair share of villains, is exceptionally crazed here as Thomas Wake, basically a lonely, manipulative spinster who treats the lighthouse like his own palace.
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
The great spinsters of literature were often portrayed as, if not monstrous, then ugly, cruel and unwanted.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
But Anthony can’t seem to stop thinking about Edwina’s spinster sister Kate.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Cats once again became associated with spinsters gone mad.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
The great spinsters of literature were often portrayed as, if not monstrous, then ugly, cruel and unwanted.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
But Anthony can’t seem to stop thinking about Edwina’s spinster sister Kate.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Cats once again became associated with spinsters gone mad.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spinster
Noun
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In the background is a lake, perhaps where King Arthur’s mythical maiden resided before giving him his sword.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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Cowgirls, grunge girls, hippie chicks, hula girls, Mods, Pre-Raphaelite maidens, and surfers are some of the territories that her designs have come up with.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Pew also found that about half of AI users have at least a bachelor’s degree, compared with 39% of non-AI users.—
Josie Cox,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Born in California, Sanderson grew up in Idaho and after high school went on a Mormon mission in the south of France for two years before getting a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Almada’s mother worked as a maid, a nurse, and, eventually, a schoolteacher; her father had a full-time job painting signs for the municipal government.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
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Kim Min-hee as Lady Hideko, a Japanese heiress, and Kim Tae-ri as Sook-hee, the pickpocket hired by a nefarious man to convince Hideko to marry him while serving as her maid.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The show sees one single woman, usually a former contestant from The Bachelor, choose from a pool of around 25 men with male daters competing to win roses before the bachelorette chooses between two men in a final rose ceremony.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Witherspoon presents Margot not as some unhappy bachelorette, but as a modern, self-reliant woman.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Spinster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinster. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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