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Recent Examples of spousal
Hall requested spousal support and asked the court to terminate Haack's ability to receive spousal support from him.
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Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Al Jolson, Miles Davis, and even Leonard Bernstein have streets co-named for them and have gone through varying degrees of cultural reappraisal ranging from messy bisexual (Bernstein) to appearing in blackface (Jolson) to allegations of spousal abuse (Davis).
—Fran Hoepfner, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2024
The Atlas star filed at Los Angeles County Superior Court without a lawyer, requesting no spousal support for either party and for attorneys' fees to be split.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Both waived spousal support and agreed to equally split the legal fees of their negotiation, which was mediated by Laura Wasser.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2025
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Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Al Jolson, Miles Davis, and even Leonard Bernstein have streets co-named for them and have gone through varying degrees of cultural reappraisal ranging from messy bisexual (Bernstein) to appearing in blackface (Jolson) to allegations of spousal abuse (Davis).
—Fran Hoepfner, Curbed, 31 Dec. 2024
The Atlas star filed at Los Angeles County Superior Court without a lawyer, requesting no spousal support for either party and for attorneys' fees to be split.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Both waived spousal support and agreed to equally split the legal fees of their negotiation, which was mediated by Laura Wasser.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spousal
Adjective
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Behold all of his wifely love, and then behold him, loving her.—
Monica Hesse,
Washington Post,
20 June 2019
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An even more incendiary interview surfaced online in March, in which Patterson can be heard boasting about having counseled an abused woman, who showed up to church with two black eyes, to submit to domestic violence as her wifely duty.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 June 2018
Adjective
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Handing out prenuptial conflict management books is decidedly not romantic.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2025
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In the throes of a divorce, practical measures like prenuptial or postnuptial agreements, regular business valuations, and clear separation of personal and business finances can feel cold and clinical.—
Sara Khaki,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In exciting news, Jared Jewelers have launched Vera Wang VOW, a new bridal collection with lauded designer Vera Wang.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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Now the designer is expanding her cult emerging label with her first official foray into ready-to-wear for the fall 2025 season ahead of her New York Bridal Fashion Week bridal collection debut in early April.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The play begins at a marital crisis point in 2020 and unwinds all the way back to the couple’s first meeting in Ibiza in 2004.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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This scenery became the setting for the 2015 marital drama By the Sea, written, directed by, and starring Jolie and produced by and starring Pitt.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Spousal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spousal. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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