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Recent Examples of domestic partner
Currently paid family leave defines family as a child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner.
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Natalia Gottschalk, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
China’s government facilitated this rise by allowing foreign auto firms to enter the Chinese market only with a domestic partner, as well as what might be called resourceful harvesting of intellectual property.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
The West Isn't Ready | Opinion Yearly Gallup polls confirm that married adults are thriving 20 percent more than those never married and substantially more than domestic partners.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Thomas' domestic partner Anthony Curry, 48, was charged with murder and accused of strangling her in July 2024.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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Natalia Gottschalk, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
China’s government facilitated this rise by allowing foreign auto firms to enter the Chinese market only with a domestic partner, as well as what might be called resourceful harvesting of intellectual property.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
The West Isn't Ready | Opinion Yearly Gallup polls confirm that married adults are thriving 20 percent more than those never married and substantially more than domestic partners.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Thomas' domestic partner Anthony Curry, 48, was charged with murder and accused of strangling her in July 2024.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic partner
Noun
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My religious faith is such that divorce is wrong and that women cannot divorce their husbands.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My grandmother, on the other hand, lived for another 25 years after her husband died—which meant my relationship with her extended well into my 30s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Maybe a mentor, teacher or significant other is challenging your worldview.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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The most painful moment, however, came when her groom shifted his focus to someone else entirely—his sister.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said that visible proximity lets predators identify and target children who appear nearby, then use in-app messaging to groom or arrange contact — unless Snapchat’s location sharing is turned off or set to ghost mode and strict friend-only settings are enforced.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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According to Kate Jenkins, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Foodbank, its partner food pantries across the state saw increases of 10% to 20% in the number of people needing food.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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Whitford joined season 3 of The Diplomat as Todd Penn, the better half of Janney's Grace Penn, who finds herself unexpectedly at the helm of the White House when the season begins.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Which is why Grace offering the job to Hal over his better half is so good for the health of the show.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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In the running to testify are hubby Reynolds (no surprise), his Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt, Sony Pictures execs Tony Vinciquerra, Tom Rothman, Tahra Grant, Gloria Rico Haan and Bridgette Wright, now Paramount exec Josh Greenstein, and Range Media’s Jack Whigham.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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This often uses evaporative cooling towers – giant misters that spray water over hot pipes or open basins.—
Leo S. Lo,
The Conversation,
1 Sep. 2025
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The rooftop has plenty of cushioned seating under misters, several bars and a hookah menu with more flavors than a Baskin-Robbins.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
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The relevant tradition is that the bride and bridegroom each choose who should stand up for them.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The happy couple are therefore within their rights not to reissue invitations that were previously declined merely because the date, the location and the entree (though not, perhaps, the bridegroom) have changed.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Domestic partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20partner. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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