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as in wife
chiefly dialect
a female partner in a marriage
treated his woman to dinner at a five-star restaurant for their fifteenth wedding anniversary
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Recent Examples of woman
Williams is putting a lot of visibility on women in the sport.
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
The Kenner Police Department, which serves one of New Orleans' largest suburbs, announced the arrest of Danette Colbert, a woman who allegedly connected with Manzano shortly before his death.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The team's latest production, released Friday, was actually milder than most: A video celebrating Trump's executive order targeting transgender women.
—Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 8 Feb. 2025
Among the victims are a surfer whose home served as a popular hangout in the Malibu community, a hang glider from Topanga, a father in Altadena who shared a home with his son with cerebral palsy and a 95-year-old Altadena woman who appeared in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
The Kenner Police Department, which serves one of New Orleans' largest suburbs, announced the arrest of Danette Colbert, a woman who allegedly connected with Manzano shortly before his death.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The team's latest production, released Friday, was actually milder than most: A video celebrating Trump's executive order targeting transgender women.
—Alex Isenstadt, Axios, 8 Feb. 2025
Among the victims are a surfer whose home served as a popular hangout in the Malibu community, a hang glider from Topanga, a father in Altadena who shared a home with his son with cerebral palsy and a 95-year-old Altadena woman who appeared in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
Noun
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Nicole would be wise to focus on the game — not the ladies — this season.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Despite life’s challenges, Brit’s fun and feisty personality is ready to create some good times with the ladies, especially Kelli, who has grown to be her bestie.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Kelce said on Wednesday he was honored that Trump would attend Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans, despite the Republican's earlier comments against Kelce's girlfriend, Taylor Swift.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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When the show began Bad Bunny watched poker-faced as former girlfriend Kendall Jenner strutted past, bespectacled and suited in look 3. Until today, Calvin Klein, the brand, had left a gap in the New York Fashion Week schedule for almost seven years.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But from the family photos to the TikTok Victoria shared of the five Beckhams dancing at the bash, son Brooklyn as well as his wife Nicola Peltz Beckhams were noticeably absent.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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The actor, who played patriarch Jack Pearson on the NBC drama This Is Us, and wife, Jarah Mariano, have welcomed baby Ke’ala Coral Ventimiglia, just weeks after losing their home in the Los Angeles fires.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Parthenogenesis usually happens when females are isolated from males, Feldheim said, though there are examples of females giving birth this way even when males have been present.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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The bones sampled for the study represented 30 total individuals, including 17 females and 13 males.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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