partner 1 of 2

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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partner

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verb

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Recent Examples of partner
Noun
From April through September, Alaska Helicopter Tours partners with six-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey’s AK Sled Dog Tours for an epic two-mile mush across the ice from their summer camp on Knik Glacier (traditionally named Skitnu Li’a). Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 Venu partners tried and failed to get the case dismissed and a trial was set for October of 2025 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
Starlink has also signed up partners in Canada, Australia, Japan, Peru, Switzerland, and Chile, partnering with T-Mobile in the US. Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024 This year the News Literacy Project is partnering with USA TODAY to help students navigate social media and the online world. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for partner 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partner
Noun
  • Health insurance: Explore options for continuing your health coverage, such as COBRA, a spouse's plan or marketplace insurance.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This is likely because most ATS relies on artificial intelligence to track keywords in resumes and compares it to job descriptions to help narrow the applicant pool to only the most qualified candidates.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The defendant in that case, Christina Marie Chapman, 49, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, and co-conspirators compromised the identities of more than 60 people living in the US and used their personal information to get North Koreans IT jobs across more than 300 US companies.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Freed Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel is desperate to see her husband Keith brought home alive more than 450 days after attackers abducted him on Oct. 7, 2023.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • After a lifelong fascination with Japan, Elisa Garcia, a retired attorney, dreamt of walking hand-in-hand with her husband under the falling cherry blossoms.
    Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Federal contracts require that companies over a certain size set goals for subcontracting spending on businesses owned by underrepresented individuals.
    Lucinda Shen, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Mayor Brandon Scott’s office is widely anticipated to take over or subcontract to a third party many of the duties that traditionally have fallen to BOPA: planning public celebrations such as Artscape, running the weekly farmers markets and managing a handful of event spaces.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Businesses naturally want to recruit and retain staff who can give their best during working hours without worrying about their children, and parents want to have the peace of mind and job focus that can come from knowing their children are in a safe, caring and educational environment.
    Joshua Frick, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The union has mainly focused on organizing delivery drivers, which the company says are not its workers because they are directly employed by contractors Amazon recruited to handle package deliveries.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Spotify made its move into curation the next year, hiring a staff of editors to compile in-house playlists.
    Liz Pelly, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This can be as simple as Googling oneself and auditing one’s social media or as thorough as hiring an online reputation management firm to do a deep dive into what is lurking online.
    Chad Angle, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • All general managers employed by Edmonton in these years sent away picks and prospects in an effort to win the Stanley Cup.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The park employs an average of 1,400 workers, Turner said.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Cannon Murphree, Siegel High: A flute player, Cannon was contracted the drum corps Carolina Crown, a high level marching band, and this summer made the All State and Mid-State bands.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
  • How many people have contracted bird flu in Arizona?
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partner. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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