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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Brad Pitt’s mom and occasional red carpet plus-one, Jane Etta Pitt, has died.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
April 22, 2025: Cole attends the Thunderbolts premiere, presumably as Pugh’s plus-one, and later posts on Instagram encouraging his followers to see it.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Aug. 2025
Brands may or may not cover the cost of a plus-one.
—Emma Cortes Ellendt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The following month, Dufrene was Del Rey's plus-one at Karen Elson and Electric Lady Studios owner Lee Foster's wedding in New York City on Sept. 7, 2024.
—Maddie Garfinkle, People.com, 18 July 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
April 22, 2025: Cole attends the Thunderbolts premiere, presumably as Pugh’s plus-one, and later posts on Instagram encouraging his followers to see it.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Aug. 2025
Brands may or may not cover the cost of a plus-one.
—Emma Cortes Ellendt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The following month, Dufrene was Del Rey's plus-one at Karen Elson and Electric Lady Studios owner Lee Foster's wedding in New York City on Sept. 7, 2024.
—Maddie Garfinkle, People.com, 18 July 2025
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“Plus-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plus-one. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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