domestic partner
noun
plural domestic partners
1
: a company especially in a developing country that joins in a commercial venture with an international company
2
: either member of an unmarried cohabiting couple especially when considered as to eligibility for spousal benefits
domestic partnership
noun
Examples of domestic partner in a Sentence
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Ask about the maximum amount the policy will pay out and if the benefits can be shared by a domestic partner or spouse.
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Jordan Rau, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
California’s red flag law enables family members, domestic partners, fearful exes, co-workers and teachers to report someone who’s acting scary — maybe threatening to shoot up a place.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
My domestic partner has been a contractor at my 50-person workplace for a year.
—Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
An opioid overdose may be related to the fact that the pregnant person was forced to quit cold turkey during pregnancy and relapsed after; a suicide could be attributed to postpartum depression; a homicide may be the result of a fight with a domestic partner about the pregnancy.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 11 July 2023
Domestic violence in Indiana:Indiana killings of domestic partners up 180% during pandemic.
—The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2023
The list includes spouses or domestic partners, siblings, adult children and grandchildren, parents, and an adult relative or close friend — in many cases, the people who brought in the patient for care in the first place.
—Mark Kreidler, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
The names of former and current employers, children and spouses and domestic partners could also have been downloaded.
—WSJ, 22 June 2023
Another challenge is to find the companies to cover that part of the budget that has to be covered by domestic partners.
—Andrew Das, New York Times, 24 May 2023
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Jordan Rau, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
California’s red flag law enables family members, domestic partners, fearful exes, co-workers and teachers to report someone who’s acting scary — maybe threatening to shoot up a place.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
My domestic partner has been a contractor at my 50-person workplace for a year.
—Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
An opioid overdose may be related to the fact that the pregnant person was forced to quit cold turkey during pregnancy and relapsed after; a suicide could be attributed to postpartum depression; a homicide may be the result of a fight with a domestic partner about the pregnancy.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 11 July 2023
Domestic violence in Indiana:Indiana killings of domestic partners up 180% during pandemic.
—The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2023
The list includes spouses or domestic partners, siblings, adult children and grandchildren, parents, and an adult relative or close friend — in many cases, the people who brought in the patient for care in the first place.
—Mark Kreidler, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
The names of former and current employers, children and spouses and domestic partners could also have been downloaded.
—WSJ, 22 June 2023
Another challenge is to find the companies to cover that part of the budget that has to be covered by domestic partners.
—Andrew Das, New York Times, 24 May 2023
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First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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