as in spouse
the person to whom another is married
takes marriage very seriously and wants a man who will be her partner for life
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Recent Examples of partner
Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The New York Times has begun bundling its digital subscription with The Economist, a demonstration of the paper’s increasing willingness to partner with other organizations to reach its 15 million-subscriber goal within the next two years.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
For Ukraine and its partners, verification remains challenging.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Doctors can choose to partner with them or refuse.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The New York Times has begun bundling its digital subscription with The Economist, a demonstration of the paper’s increasing willingness to partner with other organizations to reach its 15 million-subscriber goal within the next two years.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
As a result, same-sex couples continue to face other challenges in other aspects of daily life, from visiting their partner at hospitals to raising children, hurdles that families in many other global financial capitals that look to attract top talent no longer face.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
For Ukraine and its partners, verification remains challenging.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partner
Noun
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The employee was contracted through North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), an anesthesiology group, the hospital stated.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These stages can occur over months or even years, though contracting measles in early infancy can result in a more rapidly evolving disease.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Smaller service firms and integrators now subcontract expert technicians for field retrofits, rather than keep them on permanent payroll.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Like other bosses who choose to subcontract parts of their operations to other companies, Henry and his fellow owners can claim to not be involved in labor disputes and attempt to remain above the fray.—
Daniel A. Gilbert,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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It’s centered on her personal experience as a caregiver for her husband, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many companies, especially those with structured training programs, begin recruiting in the fall for spring graduates.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Building an election team The Jackson County and Kansas City Election Boards previously said that recruiting enough poll workers ahead of the special election may be a difficult task.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Four drinks are inspired by Kelce, Mahomes and their significant others.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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As a result, partners might over-monitor or question their significant other’s actions.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Masino was hired at Cracker Barrel in 2023 after holding top positions at Taco Bell and Starbucks’ smaller international divisions and as CEO of Sprinkles Cupcakes.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partner. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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