widowed
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According to the US House of Representatives in 2025, 45 widowed women have directly succeeded their late husbands in Congress - 38 in the House and eight in the Senate.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Social Security-benefit rules favor married individuals and are a disadvantage for divorced, prematurely widowed and lifelong single older adults, according to a study in The Gerontologist, an academic journal focused on aging.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Most were disabled or chronically ill; unemployed or retired; widowed; or living alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And he puts his money where his mouth is, with the Mohamed Salah Charity Foundation, in Nagrig, helping orphans, divorced and widowed women, the poor and sick.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Her whole family meant all Sinita’s widowed aunts and her mother and tons of girl cousins, with her brother Jos6 Luis being the only boy left in the entire family.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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