plus-one
noun
: a person who accompanies an invited guest to an event or gathering at which guests are allowed to bring a companion or partner
My husband twice received handsome engraved invitations to presidential dinners. For those events and many others, I was the perpetual plus-one.—
Ana Marie Cox
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While King may be Lakshmi’s plus-one at some events, the celebrity chef had a different person by her side for her Soma venture.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Many were plus-ones—women on various arms, posing and temporary, there for generalized love of art or love for some particular and passing artist.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
The family sent out an electronic invitation and asked for the name of my plus-one.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
Echoing Vallario, Hoover knew that Burch and Derek Blasberg, the hosts—both of whom are parents—wouldn’t bat an eye at a tiny plus-one.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Many were plus-ones—women on various arms, posing and temporary, there for generalized love of art or love for some particular and passing artist.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
The family sent out an electronic invitation and asked for the name of my plus-one.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
Echoing Vallario, Hoover knew that Burch and Derek Blasberg, the hosts—both of whom are parents—wouldn’t bat an eye at a tiny plus-one.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plus-one
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“Plus-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plus-one. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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