as in spouses
the person to whom another is married
takes marriage very seriously and wants a man who will be her partner for life
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Noun
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Under local law, individuals listed in the city government’s Doing Business database are prohibited from donating to mayoral legal defense trusts, as are the children and spouses of anyone listed in the database.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
25 Dec. 2024 -
The first episode opens with climaxing on the Concorde and ends with a montage of various characters between the sheets (or across a desk) with other people’s spouses, setting the tone for the rest of the series.—
Chloe Malle,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Once again, there’s a selection bias - an author who hires a ghostwriter likely will invest more in promotion and other factors that increase sales.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The tracker relies on radar technology and satellites to keep tabs on Santa, according to NORAD, which notes those methods are the same ones the agency employs to protect skies over North America.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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The business operates more than 11,000 stores across the nation, according to Reuters, and employs close to 200,000 people.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American-Statesman,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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