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
The End Congressional Stock Trading Act would require members, their spouses, and their dependent children to divest from all individual stocks, bonds, commodities, and other securities within 180 days of the bill becoming law.
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
However, the company appears to have publicly kept aspects of DEI that some legal experts believe could be less risky, including recruiting veterans and military spouses, supporting disabled workers, and its Neurodiversity Program, which was established in 2020.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Treat it as a sounding board for album names, tour titles and hook ideas… the stuff that would make your spouse or best friend groan.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
The Twin Cities are also still reeling from the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses at their homes in July.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
However, the company appears to have publicly kept aspects of DEI that some legal experts believe could be less risky, including recruiting veterans and military spouses, supporting disabled workers, and its Neurodiversity Program, which was established in 2020.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Treat it as a sounding board for album names, tour titles and hook ideas… the stuff that would make your spouse or best friend groan.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
The Twin Cities are also still reeling from the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses at their homes in July.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His father taught him that a husband provides, a wife takes care of children.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Pearl Miles, 29, loved going through her husband's school yearbooks and reading through the personal messages written by his classmates.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In one photo, Swift sat on a log for a daytime outing at the beach with him, his late wife, four kids and another teen.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Longtime Glencoe residents, Lefkofsky and his wife are actively engaged in philanthropic pursuits, establishing an eponymous family foundation in 2006.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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