domestic partnership

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Recent Examples of domestic partnership The case originated in 2024, two years after a family court judge in San Diego dissolved the domestic partnership of Joan Torres Campos and Munoz. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026 Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up. Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026 Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026 The Academy’s domestic partnership for the Oscars, which has already included Hulu being the current streaming home of the awards telecast, will continue with Disney ABC through the 100th Oscars in 2028, as will the international partnership for the Oscars with Disney’s Buena Vista International. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025 It is also underrated as an affecting celebration of domestic partnership. Olivia Wolfgang-Smith february 4, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic partnership
Noun
  • The project was part of a $1 billion modernization program. 2011: For the first time in Illinois history, gay and lesbian couples obtained civil unions.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • The 2014 act went further than the original laws by banning marriages and civil unions, the operation of gay organizations and social clubs, public expressions of LGBTQ+ identity and advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights.
    Damisola Sulaiman, The Dial, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The close relationship between Lewandowski and Noem drew scrutiny.
    Nate Raymond, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • As of Saturday, police said the motive and the suspect's relationship to the victim were unknown.
    Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • Monica also provides strategic asset protection through the negotiation of premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Zookeepers are hopeful that the cohabitation will continue to go well, but no timeline has been given for when people could expect babies.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Domestic partnership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20partnership. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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