as in partner
the person to whom another is married
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Recent Examples of spouse
The spouse then applies to get their permanent residency.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
On top of that, discussions with partners, spouses and close friends are difficult.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Luna successfully executed a discharge petition to force a vote on Rep. Brittany Pettersen’s (D-Colo.) resolution that would allow lawmakers who give birth or lawmakers whose spouses give birth to have another member vote for them for 12 weeks.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
That can include jokes about the comedians’ marriages—the kind of ragging that most people probably wouldn’t accept from their spouse in public, and that can be hurtful or sexist in the wrong context.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
On top of that, discussions with partners, spouses and close friends are difficult.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Luna successfully executed a discharge petition to force a vote on Rep. Brittany Pettersen’s (D-Colo.) resolution that would allow lawmakers who give birth or lawmakers whose spouses give birth to have another member vote for them for 12 weeks.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
That can include jokes about the comedians’ marriages—the kind of ragging that most people probably wouldn’t accept from their spouse in public, and that can be hurtful or sexist in the wrong context.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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Trump announced a 90-day pause on countries that have not retaliated, temporarily lowering the high tariffs on nearly all trading partners to a baseline 10%, while raising the tax rate on imports from China, which had retaliated with tit-for-tat hikes on U.S. imports, to 125%.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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In ‘Bad Summer People’ TV Series Based On Book In Works At A+E Studios The partners have also unveiled a new board of managing partners, comprised of company vets Guido Gotz, Lindsay Maguire, Scott Newman, Jennifer Plante, Shawn Purdy, and Megan Senior.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California prison has called for reforms after a second woman was killed in a similar manner.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Christy's husband, Jan Cilliers, was in San Francisco that weekend visiting his father.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On his way to take the call, which was from his wife who was phoning after hearing from the babysitter, he was stopped by Zevi Kitay, the 19-year-old son of the babysitter, who had come looking for Moshe Ehrlich at the school.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Leslie’s wife, also a witness, reported that one of the sailors’ arms came off in the process.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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