husband and wife

idiom

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

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos rang in their first Christmas as husband and wife in Aspen, Colorado. Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 25 Dec. 2025 In Brewer’s hands, the true story of a husband and wife who form a Neil Diamond cover band and find salvation in music plays like a modern-day Frank Capra movie, joyous and painful in equal measures, but ultimately celebratory of its characters and generous toward the audience in its pleasures. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2025 The sweet sunset moment showed the high school sweethearts turned husband and wife looking at sonogram photos of their baby-to-be. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025 And the couple is looking forward to continuing to be together, for the many years to come, as husband and wife. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Dec. 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 1 Jan. 2026.

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