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
For instance, one study found that after losing a spouse, people tended to neglect their health—eating less nutritiously, skipping meals, drinking more alcohol, moving less, and sleeping less.
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Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025
The spouse did not immediately return messages seeking comment on Monday.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
But many Democrats attended anyway — and after the dinner, Mr. Trump led a bipartisan group of governors and their spouses on a nearly hourlong, impromptu tour of the White House.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Seeking a Solution in the West Dear Seeking: Because of the change in your spouse’s health status, your desire for privacy is understandable.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
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Kathleen Ferraro, SELF, 15 Apr. 2025
The spouse did not immediately return messages seeking comment on Monday.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
But many Democrats attended anyway — and after the dinner, Mr. Trump led a bipartisan group of governors and their spouses on a nearly hourlong, impromptu tour of the White House.
—Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Seeking a Solution in the West Dear Seeking: Because of the change in your spouse’s health status, your desire for privacy is understandable.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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Trump announced a 90-day pause on countries that have not retaliated, temporarily lowering the high tariffs on nearly all trading partners to a baseline 10%, while raising the tax rate on imports from China, which had retaliated with tit-for-tat hikes on U.S. imports, to 125%.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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In ‘Bad Summer People’ TV Series Based On Book In Works At A+E Studios The partners have also unveiled a new board of managing partners, comprised of company vets Guido Gotz, Lindsay Maguire, Scott Newman, Jennifer Plante, Shawn Purdy, and Megan Senior.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 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
Noun
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On his way to take the call, which was from his wife who was phoning after hearing from the babysitter, he was stopped by Zevi Kitay, the 19-year-old son of the babysitter, who had come looking for Moshe Ehrlich at the school.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Leslie’s wife, also a witness, reported that one of the sailors’ arms came off in the process.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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