husband and wife

idiom

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

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Bar Gabi opening Friday in Hazel Park is from the husband and wife chef and pastry chef team who are known for their work at metro Detroit Italian restaurants. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025 The intertwining levels of performance, not only by Teacher Wang, but by the husband and wife too, become dizzying, if not quite labyrinthine. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 The husband and wife were early faculty members of the UC San Diego visual arts program in the early 1970s. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025 The husband and wife duo, who got married in 2019, let their audience in on the small moments that define their life together. Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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