Thesaurus results for WIDOWER

widower

noun

Definition of widower

as in husband

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Recent Examples of widower That doesn’t mean finding a new partner is the answer for every widow or widower. — Cnn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The man, a widower, exchanged phone numbers with Johnson and later met her for lunch. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Sleepless in Seattle follows widower Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), who relocates to Seattle with his young son Jonah (Ross Malinger). — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026 Braithwaite, a widower of 11 years, lives with his son and daughter. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for widower

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Sydney Gibson Churilla, 32 at the time, was driving home from a family vacation to Orlando and Disneyland with her husband and their two daughters when the news came on the radio.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
The family was able to enroll Hudson in a health plan through Critzer's husband's workplace, which has a 60-day enrollment window.

— Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of husband

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Holden Karnofsky, the spouse of Daniela Amodei, has worked at Anthropic since January 2025, receiving just over $430,000 in total compensation, excluding options and restricted stock units.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Buffett’s view is supported by research that shows that people with supportive spouses tend to take on more rewarding challenges throughout their lives, and end up having more personal growth and happiness.

— Shayla Love, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of spouse

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Research partners recorded the various sounds that drones make when their propellers get chipped or cracked or their motor becomes damaged or begins to fail.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Investigators are working with Nigeria and international partners to review genomic findings and verify her movements and interactions in Uganda and en route to Abuja.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

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Of course its all about a murder she is accused of, one of her ex-husbands, and the timing couldn’t be worse for her beleaguered record company Megamax, now run by her first hubby and manager Barry Vogel (Alan Tudyk).

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Swift’s hubby Travis Kelce, however, was sadly absent from the show, as the NFL star had a Chiefs game against the Miami Dolphins in Florida today.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026

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