domestic partners

noun

plural of domestic partner
as in significant others

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  1. significant others
  2. partners
  3. spouses
Noun
  • Despite this, the couple divorced their significant others and married each other in November 2017.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Reportedly, their respective significant others unfollowed each other, and Bailey and Pankow unfollowed the other’s partner as well.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of significant others
Noun
  • From concept development to flight qualification The US company and its partners have already passed several development milestones since the program started.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said representatives of Ukraine’s European partners, from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, were also in Kyiv.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • Many players are students, spouses and mothers, full-time jobs in their own right.
    — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For some spouses, however, filing separately may be the preferable choice.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of spouses
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