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Recent Examples of bachelor
Three Men and a Baby Three handsome Manhattan bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson) find their dating rituals irreparably damaged when an unexpected new roommate — complete with crib, pacifier and diaper — shows up on their doorstep.
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Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 10 June 2025
Sales representatives are some of the highest-paying jobs in HVAC, where workers can earn over $100,000 per year without a bachelor’s degree, according to Ziprecruiter data.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 June 2025
The 1990 law created a new H-1B category that required a bachelor’s degree, established a cap of 65,000 visas per year and set a minimum wage level.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
For the first time since record-keeping on the topic began in 1980, the unemployment rate for recent graduates (those 22 to 27 years old with a bachelor’s degree or higher) is consistently higher than the national unemployment rate, according to Oxford Economics.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
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Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 10 June 2025
Sales representatives are some of the highest-paying jobs in HVAC, where workers can earn over $100,000 per year without a bachelor’s degree, according to Ziprecruiter data.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 June 2025
The 1990 law created a new H-1B category that required a bachelor’s degree, established a cap of 65,000 visas per year and set a minimum wage level.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 June 2025
For the first time since record-keeping on the topic began in 1980, the unemployment rate for recent graduates (those 22 to 27 years old with a bachelor’s degree or higher) is consistently higher than the national unemployment rate, according to Oxford Economics.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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The fifth and sixth books in the original Julia Quinn series cover the love stories of sisters Eloise (Claudia Jessie), the spinster, and Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd), the quiet one, respectively.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The movie revolves around 10 year old time-traveling rainbow-child Arco, who lives in the distant future of 2932, but gets trapped in 2075 when his maiden flight does not go to plan.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Sinner, 15 years younger than Djokovic, still has not lost a set in the tournament while advancing to his maiden Roland Garros final.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Once, a gaggle of bachelorettes taped a poster of a naked woman (with targets on her privates) to the sliding glass door facing our girls’ bedrooms.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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With a boat party on the Seine, luxe shopping stop-offs, and cocktails on the rooftop of the Cheval Blanc hotel, the dress code erred less tiaras and novelty bachelorette shirts and more clingy gowns, sheer skirts, and corsets.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
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There are maids on the farm where Alma (Hanna Heckt), one of the quartet of main characters in Sound of Falling, is growing up — women in uniform who bustle around the house and the grounds.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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And then, with their faces covered and heads bowed, the ‘maids walk to the church and file into the pews for Serena’s wedding to High Commander Wharton.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
13 May 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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