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Recent Examples of bachelor
While working toward her bachelor’s degree, Aquinnah participated in the Duke University ballet program.
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Emy Lacroix, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Originally from the Washington, D.C, area, Sarah received her bachelor of arts in sociology ...
—Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025
Detroit native to front office presence Perry played college hoops for one season at Oregon and the rest of his collegiate career at Wayne State in Detroit, graduating from the latter in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, according to the Wayne State athletics department.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Research consistently demonstrates that care provided by nurses who have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher directly leads to better patient outcomes, improved safety and overall health.
—Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bachelor
Emy Lacroix, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Originally from the Washington, D.C, area, Sarah received her bachelor of arts in sociology ...
—Sarah Lyon, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025
Detroit native to front office presence Perry played college hoops for one season at Oregon and the rest of his collegiate career at Wayne State in Detroit, graduating from the latter in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, according to the Wayne State athletics department.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Research consistently demonstrates that care provided by nurses who have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher directly leads to better patient outcomes, improved safety and overall health.
—Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bachelor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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In its 2001 film adaptation, Zellweger fell headfirst into life as a London girl and audiences around the globe fell in love with a verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The latter have moved away from the village and do not appear, while the former stay and assist their mother, the eldest being a literal spinster.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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On February 27, 1812, the twenty-four-year-old poet George Gordon Byron rose in the House of Lords to deliver his maiden speech.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Here are the highlights: Indiana Jones Black plays Gene, a contestant on a dating show where the bachelorette (Chloe Fineman) isn’t supposed to know anything about the three dudes’ physical appearances.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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She's also spoken out about the pressures of relationship timelines and said the bachelorette weekend was particularly fun, in part because the group didn't focus their conversations on the men in their lives.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Later, a tracking shot outside the Bennets’ house at night glides from window to window, glimpsing the parents, then the sisters in their rooms, and also one of the maids walking up a flight of stairs singing a love song to herself.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Last month, four Ugandan women in maids’ uniforms sent a video plea to an aid group, saying that they had been detained for six months in Saudi Arabia.—
Kiana Hayeri,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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