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a woman who has just married or is about to be married
a new bride the mother of the bride
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Recent Examples of brides
Shaw, 37, and Coiner, 26, were married in Louisville because of the brides deep family ties to Kentucky.
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Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
Céline Dion’s 1994 wedding to manager René Angélil cemented her status as one of the most memorable celebrity brides of all time.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
To that point, Lorenze offers advice to any soon-to-be brides.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
On my list so many brides opted to not take their husband’s last name.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Some brides choose one color as the focal point, to be used for bridesmaid dresses, floral arrangements, and other decorative accents.
—Katie Henwood, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The same goes for Charli XCX who, in a Danielle Frankel slip and Vivienne Westwood corset dress, made the case for uptight brides to let go of their pursuit of perfection and just let loose.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
To tie it all together, both brides wore coordinated floral headpieces.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Weddings are deeply emotional occasions, but these three brides shed even more happy tears on their big days.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brides
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The E²ngel consortium partners, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and McPhy Energy Germany, carried out the timely qualification and validation, according to a press release.—
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Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
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A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point.—
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Your husband claims not to have known the weekend arrangements in advance, claiming you were both deceived — not only by his old friends, but by their wives, and by the single female neighbor.—
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The young ladies pleaded for help from Zeus.—
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And Just Like That…, which first premiered in December 2021, picked up with the beloved Sex and the City ladies — Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Davis) — 10 years after the events of the 2010 film Sex and the City 2.—
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“Brides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brides. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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