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husband and wife

idiom

: a married couple
They were husband and wife for almost 60 years.

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The victims were identified by police as husband and wife Philip Marco, 77, and Elaine Marco, 75. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025 Or my other friends there, took between them, a husband and wife, 17 shots. NBC news, 23 Nov. 2025 This is a family business, run by husband and wife Andrea Salabè and Paola Manco, and Salabè was more than happy to keep the banter with patrons going strong while Manco sat and shared a few slices with me. Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025 Paul is saying, in effect, that your homes ought to be places where the unity of the human race is modeled in the unity of husband and wife. Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for husband and wife

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“Husband and wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/husband%20and%20wife. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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