as in significant others
the person to whom another is married
"Allow me to introduce you to my better half, Joan"
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When the Chiefs players and their significant others were out celebrating the Super Bowl LVIII victory in Las Vegas, a Cowboys fan joined the party.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025 -
In previous years, the friends have even brought in their significant others to play matching characters.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The film also features snippets of interviews with Stanford researchers and the spouses of the veterans.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as spouses and co-parents, both parties need to be treated as equals, Sethi said.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In early 20th-century Hungary, a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Around that time, Ladd spoke to The New York Times about her first two husbands and the end of those relationships.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Better halves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/better%20halves. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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