domestic partner

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Recent Examples of domestic partner Even the mighty Premier League has had to throw in more content, spread out over the weekend, to get the same amount of money from its domestic partners. Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 June 2025 Currently paid family leave defines family as a child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic partner. 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 See All Example Sentences for domestic partner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic partner
Noun
  • What about the tax lien the state filed in 2022 for her and her husband failing to pay their 2020 income taxes, which this paper reported on at the time?
    Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The psychological thriller, penned by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning writer Tracy Letts (Coon's real life husband), cultivates fear slowly.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • So Wild players were ecstatic for the final stop after 14 consecutive days of sleeping in hotel rooms, eating out and not seeing their significant others and children on anything but FaceTime.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In Season 3 of The White Lotus, which recently earned Goggins his first Golden Globe nomination, his troubled traveler Rick reluctantly has dinner with Gries’ Gary after their significant others Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) and Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) strike up a friendship.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The soon-to-be bride and groom also drove around Laguna Beach and Corona Del Mar in a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible from Beach Gypsy Classics.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Hanif Masih, the father of the groom, said his wife and sister-in-law were also killed in the explosion, BBC News reported.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • During the episode, Cher told Shepard that his wife Kristen Bell deserves a better partner.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Other times, the passive partner is employed but does almost no parenting or caring for the home.
    Oona Metz, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The returning lineup for Holiday in the Park includes live music and character photo ops plus visits with Saint Nick and his better half.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
  • According to TikTok, matching with your better half is here to stay, and the platform has all the #CoupleOutfit content to ensure users never go hungry for inspo.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just hours before, Gomez and her hubby walked hand-in-hand across the red carpet at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Your hubby needs to correct this going forward.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Using a mister is a common suggestion to combat winter dryness, but Hancock warns that the effects of misting are short-lived.
    Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Houseplant amateurs will also appreciate this plant mister, which should remind them to water their plants.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The relevant tradition is that the bride and bridegroom each choose who should stand up for them.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • 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 16 Jan. 2026.

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