widows
- plural of widow.
Example Sentences
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GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility, which sits on 15.5 acres on Western Avenue, designs, analyzes, tests and certifies military canopies, cockpit windows and passenger widows, according to its website.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
The scandal is especially egregious because widows and widowers are disproportionately among the poorest elders.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Every Ramadan, the kitchen feeds the poor, widows and others unable to provide for themselves.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
A lot of those old trusts, notably A/B trusts, have rigid language limiting how widows and widowers can control family money after their spouse died.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
It was her future self, at eighty-five, in widows weeds.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
