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
The slight 25-year-old was led with a group of other women into a small room and ordered to strip naked.
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Maribel – who joined the lawsuit under a pseudonym along with four other women – has lived in the United States for more than half her life after emigrating from El Salvador and Guatemala.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Two other women, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, stepped in, editing the film with Froemke.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
As with other women in her position, her fashion choices are likely to become political talking points.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Maribel – who joined the lawsuit under a pseudonym along with four other women – has lived in the United States for more than half her life after emigrating from El Salvador and Guatemala.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Two other women, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, stepped in, editing the film with Froemke.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
As with other women in her position, her fashion choices are likely to become political talking points.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for other woman
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Faces painted white, surrounded by concubines of every gender, Emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) are utterly taken with the barbarian who can recite Virgil while covered in another man’s blood, after Macrinus presents Lucius in a private showcase.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
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Luckily for fans turned on by Shogun to the cunning machinations of feudal Japanese lords, swordsmen, concubines and ladies in waiting, the well of samurai storytelling that inspired Shogun and Clavell’s book is very deep indeed.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Oct. 2024
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But rather than playing it safe, the foremost roast mistress delivered a masterful 10-minute monologue that was hilariously acerbic, pointed, and playful enough to keep the crowd on her good side.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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In order to get The Mikado off the ground, the two composers need to get everyone onboard: the old actors, the new boys, the producers, the choreographer, the costume designer, the stagehands, the orchestra … to say nothing of their wives and mistresses back home.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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The film has become an event, a must-see for movie lovers.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni specifically alleged that Lively used her friendship with Swift to put pressure on him to comply with Lively’s re-write of a crucial scene in the domestic violence drama in which Lively and Baldoni play lovers.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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