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 Should catching your spouse in bed with the neighbor take the fun out of swinging? —
Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Artificial intelligence is another issue Trump has been focusing her efforts on, launching the Fostering the Future Together’s inaugural summit, bringing together first spouses to provide children with tools for navigating AI, and the Presidential AI Challenge. —Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026 Kids and spouses are traumatized. —Ava Pukatch, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026 Longtime spouses Paul Rudd and Julie Yaeger step out for a date night in the city at the opening of Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Fallen Angels on Broadway on April 19 in New York City. —Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spouse
Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Artificial intelligence is another issue Trump has been focusing her efforts on, launching the Fostering the Future Together’s inaugural summit, bringing together first spouses to provide children with tools for navigating AI, and the Presidential AI Challenge. —Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026 Kids and spouses are traumatized. —Ava Pukatch, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026 Longtime spouses Paul Rudd and Julie Yaeger step out for a date night in the city at the opening of Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Fallen Angels on Broadway on April 19 in New York City. —Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.— Data Skrive, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The eruptions — yours, the partner’s — suggest that there’s a lot that’s been simmering underneath your interactions.— R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso spend some quality husband and wife time at the opening night of Proof on Broadway in New York City on April 16.— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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Next, our leading ladies must have attracted the dreamiest if often corrupt husbands, played by the likes of Hugh Grant, Kevin Bacon, Bobby Cannavale, Liev Schreiber, and Alexander Skarsgård.— Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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House Speaker Mike Johnson was spotted, alongside his wife.— Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
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Saturday marked his return from paternity leave, as the lefty and his wife welcomed their first child on Wednesday.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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