as in lady
the female partner in a marriage
a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage
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Recent Examples of wife
The skit featured James Austin Johnson playing Trump in the guise of Timothy Ratliff (Jason Isaacs), while Chloe Fineman’s First Lady Melania Trump mimicked Timothy’s wife, Victoria (Parker Posey).
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Stone estate then sold the mansion in 2006 to business executive Randy Abrahams and his wife for $8.1 million.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Jackson is close with his brother Patrick and his wife Brittany Mahomes, plus their three children, Sterling, Bronze and Golden.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
One edit, of a picture of a man, a dog and his wife, has been viewed over 49 million times on X as of reporting, while another post which edited memes into a Ghibli style has also received nearly 50 million views.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Stone estate then sold the mansion in 2006 to business executive Randy Abrahams and his wife for $8.1 million.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Jackson is close with his brother Patrick and his wife Brittany Mahomes, plus their three children, Sterling, Bronze and Golden.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
One edit, of a picture of a man, a dog and his wife, has been viewed over 49 million times on X as of reporting, while another post which edited memes into a Ghibli style has also received nearly 50 million views.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wife
Noun
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No, the nice lady at the bar does not want to be lectured on the virtues of the credit-invoice mechanism.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the lawsuit filed Friday, Susman Godfrey is being represented by lawyers from Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP — the firm second lady Usha Vance previously worked for.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2025
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After four seasons as a bumbling apex predator, Joe faces a new challenge as the show ends: The women are fighting back harder than ever.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Men and women were kept separate, many just sitting on bunk beds and reading books.—
Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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These documents include all income statements, including those of your spouse if filing jointly, data from other sources of earnings and your most recent income tax return.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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For Lyn and Lisa Alessi, co-founders and co-CEOs of Alessi International, a local fabric importer representing mills in Asia and Europe, the tariffs could pose significant challenges to their business, which works with international partners to produce fabrics for high-end clothing companies.—
Julia Doyle,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Trump defended his decision to impose tariffs, saying that the trade situation with U.S. partners was unsustainable and that someone needed to act.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bride, Radhika Merchant, wore one of the Ashish fringe dresses for one of the events, and that generated considerable buzz and interest for the brand, too.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the post, the man said that he was initially hurt when the bride, Emma, told him that only married couples were getting plus-ones due to budget constraints.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Last summer, a local housekeeper inherited a few million dollars and some cats from her French madam, who shot herself on her Samui property.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Cuban forged a particular bond with Dumont, sensing long-term business opportunities with the son-in-law of Miriam Adelson, Sheldon’s widow.—
C. Clark, D. Aldridge, S. Amick, F. Katz,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The birth of baby Carter comes after Madeline Gaudreau, Matthew’s widow, announced the birth of their first child, a boy named Tripp Matthew, in December.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wife. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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