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Recent Examples of countrywoman
Obiri, who won NYCM in 2023 and finished second in 2024, outlasted countrywoman Sharon Lokedi, the 2022 NYCM champion.
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Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Her fellow countrywoman, Barbra Banda, is a star for both Orlando and the Zambian national team.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Macedonian writer-director Teona Strugar Mitevska (The Happiest Man in the World) clearly feels a kinship with her countrywoman.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff versus Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Her fellow countrywoman, Barbra Banda, is a star for both Orlando and the Zambian national team.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Macedonian writer-director Teona Strugar Mitevska (The Happiest Man in the World) clearly feels a kinship with her countrywoman.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Much to the chagrin of the 15,000 or so locals pulling for their countrywoman under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly day, Gauff versus Boisson wasn’t much of a contest, as might be expected from their rankings and relative experience.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countrywoman
Noun
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Hernandez was released from CECOT and sent to Venezulea along with 252 of his fellow countrymen in July 2025.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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While Senesh was hailed as a hero, Kastner was reviled and assassinated by his own countrymen for negotiating with the Nazis.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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This time the group will perform with its compatriots, the Danish National Girls’ Choir.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The closest approximations were in San Francisco, where brothers Phil and John Burton held great sway, and Los Angeles, where another pair of siblings, Howard and Michael Berman, exercised enormous clout with their compatriot, Henry Waxman.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Several vessels collided, terrifying the uninitiated landsmen on board.—
David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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Though as a Black man Gould had only limited opportunities for advancement, he was later promoted to landsman and then wardroom steward.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 June 2022
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This time, the Wisconsin native went 3-for-3 on first-quarter threes, all off assists from Brown.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Parishioners said this Holy Week has extra significance with a Chicago native in Pope Leo XIV leading the Catholic church.—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Countrywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countrywoman. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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