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Mr. Right

noun

Definition of Mr. Right

as in significant other

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He was arrested several times over domestic violence allegations, and served 33 days of a 45-day jail sentence after pleading no contest in 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a significant other, Panettiere.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
To mark the beginning of the new football season, SI Swimsuit reshared photos Monday of NFL significant others who have posed for the famous swimwear issue, including Brittany Mahomes.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of significant other

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Actors from hit shows such as The Pitt, Shrinking, The Bear, Pluribus took the opportunity to dress to nines and head for a fun night out with their better halves by their side.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
Pierce is also grateful to Raising Kanan creator/showrunner Sascha Penn for being able to work alongside his real-life better half.

— Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

Definition of better half

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And then there’s my father’s brother and somebody else, a business partner.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Waltz said the administration wants to hear directly from its Gulf partners about their concerns, describing the collective meeting as an important diplomatic opportunity.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of partner

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The husband-and-wife duo brought the brand to life while on a quest to create a gin that was gentler on Jenkins’s vocal cords than a traditional spirit, which can affect the voice over time.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
The trailer also teases Fielder getting some FaceTime with Holmes’s husband, Billy Evans, who appears to have an unshakable belief in his wife.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of husband

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But my first and most valued reader is always my spouse, Sarah Urist Green.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Also very modern-seeming are the complex emotional relationships Perry describes between spouses, parents and their children, siblings or friends from different cultures or societies.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of spouse

Noun

My darling hubby took the photo a few months ago on his phone and our kitty won first place at my local gym/OTF pet photo contest!

— Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026
As recently as earlyJuly, Parton put out a video thank you to Swift and then soon-to-be hubby Travis Kelce for including a $2 million donation to the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

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