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woman

noun as in female human

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Many women have borne the brunt of care work during the pandemic in ways that impact their work.

From Quartz

I know there are more women who have been employed and minorities than ever before.

More news below, including Citigroup’s decision to name Jane Fraser its next CEO—the first woman to head a major Wall Street bank.

From Fortune

That article described the woman involved in the encounter with Mallott with sufficient detail to identify her as Jody Potts.

Twelve of the top 100 films were directed by woman, four times the number of 2007 and more than twice the five films of 2018.

From Fortune

A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.

In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.

It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.

While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.

She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!

The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.

There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to woman, such as: female, person, gal, girl, lady, and aunt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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