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Recent Examples of widow
Miriam Adelson: The widow of Sheldon Adelson—worth $31.8 billion—is among Trump’s biggest donors.
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Joe Walsh, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Joining us now is Leigh Richardson, the widow of Dennoriss Richardson and family attorney Roderick Van Daniel.
—Abc News, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
The mother of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss is breaking her silence one day after her late son's widow, Allison Holker, revealed details about her husband's drug use ahead of her tell-all memoir.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Yarrow’s widow, Mary Beth McCarthy, is the niece of Eugene J. McCarthy, the Minnesota senator who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 on a platform opposing the war in Vietnam.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Joe Walsh, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Joining us now is Leigh Richardson, the widow of Dennoriss Richardson and family attorney Roderick Van Daniel.
—Abc News, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
The mother of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss is breaking her silence one day after her late son's widow, Allison Holker, revealed details about her husband's drug use ahead of her tell-all memoir.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Yarrow’s widow, Mary Beth McCarthy, is the niece of Eugene J. McCarthy, the Minnesota senator who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 on a platform opposing the war in Vietnam.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widow
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President-elect Donald Trump appeared to take a different approach with his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, than in 2017 while meeting President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at his inauguration on Monday.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Wearing a bright red shirt, Aikins stood out among the row of Trump’s sons and family, and Vance’s wife, Usha. Aikins, along with Vance’s family, shared a moment with outgoing President Joe Biden before the inauguration began.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Later, while serving in Alabama, Mrs. Leftenant-Colon was not allowed to eat in whites-only restaurants, even in her uniform.—
Clay Risen,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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That same year, the couple starred in the film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge and Woodward received an Oscar nomination for her performance.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, on his way out the door, the 46th president has issued blanket pardons to his brother James, his sister Valerie and their respective spouses.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Throw in Morton, who has made amiable viciousness into a trademark of this phase of his career, and Catherine Tate as a Dutch brothel madam with a PhD, and Going Dutch has the sort of ensemble already in place for long-term laughs.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Jan. 2025
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Neither madam nor monsieur had any idea what a fish fork was.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widow. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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