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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
But instead of becoming a Plan B for one of Soto’s suitors, Adames agreed to a seven-year, $182 million deal with San Francisco on Saturday, according to multiple reports.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
The film presents the final section of the ancient epic: Odysseus’ arrival as a stranger in Ithaca after ten long years, and his discovery that his wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche), who’s had no news of him, is now being pursued by a small army of suitors out for his throne.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
In post-season play, however, the groundball specialist yielded only three runs in 12 innings, attracting the attention of several suitors who saw him as a potential starter.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Reading International, which owns specialty theaters including New York’s Angelika Film Center, jumped 12%, partly due to recent interest from potential takeover suitors.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
The film presents the final section of the ancient epic: Odysseus’ arrival as a stranger in Ithaca after ten long years, and his discovery that his wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche), who’s had no news of him, is now being pursued by a small army of suitors out for his throne.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
In post-season play, however, the groundball specialist yielded only three runs in 12 innings, attracting the attention of several suitors who saw him as a potential starter.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Reading International, which owns specialty theaters including New York’s Angelika Film Center, jumped 12%, partly due to recent interest from potential takeover suitors.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
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Rylee Arnold's boyfriend just got the ultimate stamp of approval.Julia Moore, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Trending on Billboard The discussion of the song came just days after reports emerged that Carpenter and boyfriend actor Barry Keoghan have split after about a year of dating.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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These updates were desperately needed, Pearson said, because of a rise in after-dark solicitors.Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Hayes soon learned that the solicitor was representing a candidate for her own race in the 5th Congressional district, which stretches from Simsbury to Danbury to Salisbury on the New York and Massachusetts borders.Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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The future outlook, unfortunately, is cloudy for lovers of the morning cup o’ Joe.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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While the 2024 Golden Vines pulled out all the stops for wine lovers who gathered from around the world, Miami is set to one-up one of the great wine weekends of the year.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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Chief Critics Environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity and Eagle County, Colorado, have opposed the effort to limit the scope of environmental reviews in court, arguing the petitioners’ arguments go beyond the limits the law sets out about environmental reviews.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the second approach, the need to pray comes from the petitioner as an expression of constant angst if God is not present.Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
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The two men have been trying to get released through the First Step Act since 2021, only to have Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Edward Korman swat down their requests.John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies On the set of the Netflix series, there are men and women whose energy rivals that of the town’s patriarch.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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These black panels completely cover all of the SUV's windows from the inside, blocking sunlight and the prying eyes of inquisitive fellow campers.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
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Harry Halem is a senior fellow at Yorktown Institute, a U.S. foreign-affairs and military-policy think tank.Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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