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Recent Examples of domestic partnership
Math alone makes opening domestic partnership to polyamorous relationships challenging.
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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
Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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
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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
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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
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Your co-parent is managing treatment, uncertainty and the very real fear of how this will affect his relationship with his daughter.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Her childhood, family relationships, and upbringing in the South shape her understanding of her identity as a writer and storyteller.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
Noun
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His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Monica also provides strategic asset protection through the negotiation of premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Is cohabitation the feminist future?—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Domestic partnership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20partnership. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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