estranged husband

noun

formal
: a husband who no longer lives with his wife

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The Trustfall singer joined her estranged husband at the memorial in Las Vegas and subsequently called off the divorce in early 2009. Emma Banks, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026 Marcee Gray, the mother of the Apalachee High School shooter, testified Monday that her estranged husband, Colin Gray, was not supportive of getting their son into crisis counseling in the weeks before the shooting. Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026 The outraged family of a transit cop stabbed to death in her Bronx home nearly four years ago by her estranged husband said Friday that his sentence of 24 years in prison is not enough. Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026 Hillary, a physician hiding the depth of her estranged husband’s addiction issues, arrives from Chicago fearing her young son’s inevitable meltdowns. New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Rodriguez claims in the lawsuit, which alleges wrongful death, that the pills were ordered by his girlfriend’s estranged husband who then pressured her to take them to end the pregnancies. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 The outlets said preliminary findings indicate the shooting stemmed from an ongoing domestic violence case between the estranged husband and wife. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026 After weeks of investigation, authorities have arrested the estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found down a steep embankment in a San Bernardino County mountain town in California. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026 The estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman who was found dead in the San Bernardino Mountains last November was charged with murder last week, prosecutors said. CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026

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