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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Rebecca Jones, her domestic partner and sole survivor, said the cause was aspiration pneumonia.
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Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Defense attorney George Powell said the woman is actually Carter's domestic partner.
—Toby Lyles, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Sicknick had named Garza in his will as his domestic partner and executor.
Mehta, who was appointed to the bench by Barack Obama, further ruled that Garza could not sue Trump and the two rioters for negligence under Federal and D.C. anti-rioting laws.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
Victims’ domestic partners and children who are dependent minors would also be newly eligible for compensation.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
In a 12-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said that Sicknick’s partner, Sandra Garza, couldn’t make wrongful death claims against Trump and Capitol rioters Julian Khater and George Tanios because the couple had not officially registered as domestic partners in Washington, D.C.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
She was charged with causing physical violence to a domestic partner.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Dragged to Beirut by a domestic partner’s job posting there in 2015, Kelly learned Arabic and grew close to some of the film’s subjects, who eventually asked him to document their lives.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
Eisenberg also helped include domestic partners in those benefits during the AIDS crisis.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Defense attorney George Powell said the woman is actually Carter's domestic partner.
—Toby Lyles, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
Sicknick had named Garza in his will as his domestic partner and executor.
Mehta, who was appointed to the bench by Barack Obama, further ruled that Garza could not sue Trump and the two rioters for negligence under Federal and D.C. anti-rioting laws.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
Victims’ domestic partners and children who are dependent minors would also be newly eligible for compensation.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
In a 12-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said that Sicknick’s partner, Sandra Garza, couldn’t make wrongful death claims against Trump and Capitol rioters Julian Khater and George Tanios because the couple had not officially registered as domestic partners in Washington, D.C.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
She was charged with causing physical violence to a domestic partner.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Dragged to Beirut by a domestic partner’s job posting there in 2015, Kelly learned Arabic and grew close to some of the film’s subjects, who eventually asked him to document their lives.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
Eisenberg also helped include domestic partners in those benefits during the AIDS crisis.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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