domestic partnership

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Recent Examples of domestic partnership The Academy’s domestic partnership for the Oscars, which has already included Hulu being the current streaming home of the awards telecast, will continue with Disney ABC through the 100th Oscars in 2028, as will the international partnership for the Oscars with Disney’s Buena Vista International. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025 It is also underrated as an affecting celebration of domestic partnership. Olivia Wolfgang-Smith february 4, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic partnership
Noun
  • The project was part of a $1 billion modernization program. 2011: For the first time in Illinois history, gay and lesbian couples obtained civil unions.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • The 2014 act went further than the original laws by banning marriages and civil unions, the operation of gay organizations and social clubs, public expressions of LGBTQ+ identity and advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights.
    Damisola Sulaiman, The Dial, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The former Nickelodeon star spoke about the allegedly abusive relationship with her late mother, Debra, throughout her childhood.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Pearl explores the relationship between cultural prizes and ideas of nationhood, as well as imposter syndrome and external validation, like MFAs, literary awards, and being seen writing in coffeeshops by and with other writers.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.
    Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • Others are opting for cohabitation or staying single.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Conversations about cohabitation, inheritance, or emotional truth may finally start flowing again.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Nov. 2025

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“Domestic partnership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20partnership. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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