as in partner
the person to whom another is married
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Recent Examples of spouse
Under federal law, former presidents and their spouses receive lifelong Secret Service protection.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
In a 2024 report, UBS refers to this as the horizontal wealth transfer, or wealth that will be transferred from one spouse to another.
—Janet Arzt, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of us remained single; others wanted to spend the day with in-laws or at home with spouses and children.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
In a 2024 report, UBS refers to this as the horizontal wealth transfer, or wealth that will be transferred from one spouse to another.
—Janet Arzt, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of us remained single; others wanted to spend the day with in-laws or at home with spouses and children.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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In September 2023, Joseph and her business partner purchased Casa Matilda, an existing restaurant in South Beach, after six months of negotiations.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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But it was pushed back to May because United Way is still finalizing a community partner agreement and testing the program.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California prison has called for reforms after a second woman was killed in a similar manner.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Christy's husband, Jan Cilliers, was in San Francisco that weekend visiting his father.—
Sarah Prior,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
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As the story begins, James goes missing, and his wife, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), begs John to help find him—by impersonating him.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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And on that basis, The Baldwins on TLC, which peers into the life of Alec, his second wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and their seven children, is undeniably addictive and sometimes perversely successful — but, for a whole host of reasons, hateful all the same.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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