as in concubine
a female other than his wife with whom a married man has a continuing sexual relationship
tired of being the other woman, she gave him an ultimatum: divorce his wife or take a hike
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Recent Examples of other woman
As a tribute to the efforts Tucker and other women involved in this effort, the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum officially broke ground Saturday — the close of Women’s History Month — for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Ladies Auxiliary Women’s History Museum.
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
In the fall of 2024, Ashley found messages from other women on Booker’s phone and broke off the relationship.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Black, Indigenous and other women of color face significantly larger wage gaps.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Their channels thrived by peddling maternal relatability, wrapped in palatable aesthetics, and helped usher in an era of digital culture promising that other women could earn money and praise just by turning a camera on their everyday lives.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
In the fall of 2024, Ashley found messages from other women on Booker’s phone and broke off the relationship.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Black, Indigenous and other women of color face significantly larger wage gaps.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Their channels thrived by peddling maternal relatability, wrapped in palatable aesthetics, and helped usher in an era of digital culture promising that other women could earn money and praise just by turning a camera on their everyday lives.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for other woman
Noun
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Her cleverness catches the eye of Jinshi, a beautiful eunuch who oversees the Rear Palace’s operations, and Maomao is soon promoted to lady-in-waiting and taste tester to one of the Emperor’s favorite concubines.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Soft, sheer fabrics rustled against the interior walls as Anula surged through the concubine estate.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Things get more complicated, perverse, even a bit kinky from there when Nevile marries his mistress (Mimi Keene) and then opts to summer at his aunt’s estate – with both his current wife and Audrey, his ex!—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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He and his mistress — Ruth Davenport (Mary Stofle, David Lynch's then-sister-in-law), who's eventually found decapitated in her apartment — get caught in the crossfire between Dale Cooper's doppelgänger and the long-missing Major Garland Briggs (Don S. Davis).—
Drew Mackie,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Other woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/other%20woman. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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