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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
Wieber is an Olympic gymnastics gold medalist and head coach of women's gymnastics at the University of Arkansas since 2019.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Barbora Krejčíková defeats Jasmine Paolini in the women’s final, to win her first Wimbledon title.
—CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Considering this troubled young woman’s history, your husband has made a big mistake by fostering her dependence on him.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Some thought that questions about the future of women’s reproductive rights would turn voters out for Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver Trump a crushing defeat — instead, women ended up gravitating toward him.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Barbora Krejčíková defeats Jasmine Paolini in the women’s final, to win her first Wimbledon title.
—CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Considering this troubled young woman’s history, your husband has made a big mistake by fostering her dependence on him.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Some thought that questions about the future of women’s reproductive rights would turn voters out for Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver Trump a crushing defeat — instead, women ended up gravitating toward him.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woman
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As the ladies start filing into Sai’s dodgeball event in a various states of athletic dress, Brynn decides to spill the beans and tells Sai … and Jenna … and Racquel … and Ubah.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The funny thing is that the designs Mr. Reed has in mind for these ladies are as derivative and unoriginal as his monologues, and that’s kind of the point.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Pound was wanted in court about a case involving his deceased girlfriend's personal property.Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Payne’s parents, Geoff and Karen, were also in attendance, as was his girlfriend at the time of his death, actress Katie Cassidy, escorted by Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damian Hurley.Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Who helped Charles understand his wife’s final moments?Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Over the last couple of years, a male friend of ours (also married) has taken an interest in my wife.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Last week's escapees were described as very young Rhesus macaque females weighing just 6 to 7 pounds and, as yet, unexposed to research.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Sigmund Freud cut open over 400 of these fish, and never found testicles—all 400 turned out to be females.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woman. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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