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Examples of spouse in a Sentence
my brothers and sisters and their spouses
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
Recent Examples of spouse from the Web
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Some, like Celso Alonso, followed a spouse to the U.S.
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Some even have Jewish spouses and work every day with non-white people.
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Unlike spouses or minor children, these categories aren’t automatically eligible to immigrate to America.
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Last week my spouse spoke to the media about who Alexandre really was, and our opinion hasn’t changed.
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One of the measure's sponsors, Hastings said a new effort to have that reduction carry over to surviving spouses of disabled veterans will be introduced in the Legislature.
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The administration filed papers late Friday asking the court to clarify a June 26 ruling that said the government had to admit at least some close relatives, including spouses and parents-in-law.
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The assumption is that employees have a spouse who is a full-time housewife back home.
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During visits both abroad and at home at the White House, Trump has spent time with many of the spouses of world leaders, most of whom are women.
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Origin and Etymology of spouse
Middle English, from Anglo-French espus (masculine) & espuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus betrothed man, groom & sponsa betrothed woman, bride, both from sponsus, past participle of spondēre to promise, betroth; akin to Greek spendein to pour a libation, Hittite šipant-
First Known Use of spouse
13th century
SPOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
spouse
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Definition of spouse for English Language Learners
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: someone who is married : a husband or wife
SPOUSE Defined for Kids
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