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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widows
Noun
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Her sons and their wives came to see her every afternoon.—
Allegra Goodman,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026 -
This is a man who had seven wives, including Ali MacGraw, Phyllis George, and Catherine Oxenberg.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Try to avoid arguments and disputes with spouses or family members.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Then their daughter was born, the pandemic hit and both spouses began working from home.—
Jelena Kecmanovic,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For six days, gay men and women, transgender people, bikers, street kids and others fed up with police harassment fought back.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The massacre prompted a national reckoning about violence against women and led to tighter gun laws.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Widows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widows. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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