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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
They’re then introduced to a suitor who goes through an interview with the host.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Many around baseball predicted the Boston Red Sox to be a top suitor for superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., either in a blockbuster trade this season or in free agency next offseason.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Behind the scenes, administration officials have been in talks with multiple suitors.
—Esat Dedezade, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Last summer, though, the only suitor willing to pay that price was in Saudi Arabia.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Many around baseball predicted the Boston Red Sox to be a top suitor for superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., either in a blockbuster trade this season or in free agency next offseason.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Behind the scenes, administration officials have been in talks with multiple suitors.
—Esat Dedezade, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Last summer, though, the only suitor willing to pay that price was in Saudi Arabia.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitor
Noun
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Her niece’s boyfriend, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Miranda, had also died there, of a fentanyl overdose.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea, of course, met a sad fate along with her much-older boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins) in The White Lotus Season 3 finale a week ago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Her baby was deceased on the bed, the solicitor’s office said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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John haltingly impersonates James, and is immediately pulled into a murder investigation: a top solicitor has been stabbed with an antique letter opener!—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beverly ends up doing something he’s not done before — falling deeply for one of their patients/lovers, actress Claire (Geneviève Bujold).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
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Mike Jabo, Porter County’s director of planning and stormwater management, has said the petitioner requested placement on Wednesday’s Plan Commission agenda, but the staff didn’t place it there.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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In August 2023, a judgment was entered against Kelly totaling $10.3 million, which was to be paid to the petitioners, the court filing states.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Their names appeared on a list of more than 200 Venezuelan men held in the notorious prison, which is how their family found them.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram 817-390-7760 Mac Engel is an award-winning columnist who has covered sports since the dawn of man; Cowboys, TCU, Stars, Rangers, Mavericks, etc. Olympics.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.—
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
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There had been little pushback from regional powers such as Australia and New Zealand, said Cleo Paskal, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C., who testified to Congress this year on U.S. national interests in the Pacific.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Founded by astrophysicist Garik Israelian and Sir Brian May, Queen's guitarist and fellow astrophysicist, STARMUS remains a powerful intersection of art, science and space.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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