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as in woman
an adult female human being
"ladies and gentlemen, please observe closely," said the magician
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as in wife
a female partner in a marriage
in public the husband was frequently seen holding hands with his lady
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as in countess
a woman of high birth or social position
the ladies of the royal court were all dressed extravagantly
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Recent Examples of lady
The measure -- entitled the Make Entertainment Great Again Act -- does not currently have any other co-sponsors but comes after House Republicans advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House after first lady Melania Trump.
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 28 July 2025
It’s been years since the ladies have performed together publicly.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 July 2025
On the evening of a ball, for example, a crush of ladies would wait in line inside the house’s legendary address at 7 Rue de la Paix.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
The ladies work in the same building where their garments are manufactured.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 28 July 2025
It’s been years since the ladies have performed together publicly.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 July 2025
On the evening of a ball, for example, a crush of ladies would wait in line inside the house’s legendary address at 7 Rue de la Paix.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
The ladies work in the same building where their garments are manufactured.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady
Noun
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Still, a measure of the high stakes came during the women’s final, when Anisimova was clearly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment, and Świątek defeated her, 6–0, 6–0, in under an hour.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Back in September, a woman was bitten by a coyote while hiking on a trail in Southington.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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His wife, Sharon, and his children Aimeé, Kelly and Jack laid flowers on the Black Sabbath bridge, which was adorned with countless other offerings from mourners.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
31 July 2025
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Notable newcomers include a pair of Sutherland Suites, named after the British modernist painter Graham Sutherland, who lived and painted in the hotel for eight years (and whose wife is rumored to currently inhabit the premises, albeit in ghostly form).—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Louise Brooks wooed a father and son as well as a countess in a tuxedo.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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The 60-year-old countess has broken her silence after she was seen sporting a massive diamond on her left ring finger while riding a scooter Monday in Sag Harbor, hours after she was snapped getting cozy with an unidentified man, Us Weekly reports.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Unlike their relatively simple origin in the comic—a brilliant scientist, his best friend, his girlfriend and her kid brother go into space and are bombarded by cosmic rays—the creation of the Fantastic Four title is shrouded in mystery, controversy, and litigation.—
Oliver Staley,
Time,
25 July 2025
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The second shot featuring Swift shows the couple looking sleek in matching black outfits at a restaurant, but the most exciting reveal is Kelce's phone screen in the corner, which shows the NFL star has a photo of him and his girlfriend as his wallpaper.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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In January 2025, Haas' Laura Mueller became the first full-time female to take on the role of race engineer.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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Markle launched a brand called American Riviera Orchard via Instagram on March 14, 2024 with a short video that showed the duchess arranging flowers, baking and standing in a stone walkway wearing a floor-length gown.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Gladys doesn’t seem thrilled about potentially becoming a duchess.—
Alexis Nedd,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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The two women couldn’t be more different, but when a wealthy matron is found dead of an apparent suicide on the rocky shore of Vermont’s Lake Champlain, their fraught relationship gradually turns into a productive collaboration, despite Olivia’s missteps.—
Liza Tully,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Lady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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