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Recent Examples of bachelor
The share of job seekers with high school diplomas or associate’s degrees declined from 2024 to 2025, while the share of job seekers with bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees all increased.
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Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2025
Long planted in cottage gardens among vegetables and herbs, bachelor’s buttons (a.k.a. cornflower) have a long history as companion plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
From 2010 to 2021, the number of Latinas obtaining at least a bachelor’s degree increased by 103%, compared to 38.3% for non-Latinas.
—Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Come March 20, viewers will be treated to a new set of agricultural bachelors looking for love.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2025
Long planted in cottage gardens among vegetables and herbs, bachelor’s buttons (a.k.a. cornflower) have a long history as companion plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
From 2010 to 2021, the number of Latinas obtaining at least a bachelor’s degree increased by 103%, compared to 38.3% for non-Latinas.
—Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Come March 20, viewers will be treated to a new set of agricultural bachelors looking for love.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bachelor
Noun
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In its 2001 film adaptation, Zellweger fell headfirst into life as a London girl and audiences around the globe fell in love with a verbally incontinent spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The latter have moved away from the village and do not appear, while the former stay and assist their mother, the eldest being a literal spinster.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Its maiden and hero product, Rested, hones in on sleep as the fundamental step to optimizing cognitive and immune function.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Plan the bachelorette The bachelorette party is likely the biggest undertaking a maid of honor will take.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
3 Apr. 2025
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The nightmare end of the bachelorette weekend was caught on the dash camera of a rideshare driver.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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He’s shown sitting in an armchair next to his similarly dressed daughter, who is giving him a handful of flowers; just behind them is a maid placing a basket of fruit.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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At the time of her killing, Curran was working part time as a maid at the local Colonial Motor Inn, which, according to VTDigger, is located near Bundy’s birthplace in Burlington.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Bachelor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bachelor. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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