as in husband
a male partner in a marriage
my hubby's been gone on a trip all week, and I really miss him
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Keep reading to see the cutest Instagram photos of Brown and her hubby.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The exhaustingly prolific Kidman stars as a fastidious suburban teacher/wife/mom who suspects her optometrist hubby (Macfadyen) is hiding something from her and enlists the help of a cute high school shop teacher (Bernal) to expose those secrets in the very strange town of Holland, Michigan.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
The actress won an award for outstanding writing for a comedy series and gave a shoutout other then hubby.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
To say Maggie has had a somewhat rocky relationship with the man who murdered her hubby would be putting it mildly, but the two have found times to work together when necessary.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
The exhaustingly prolific Kidman stars as a fastidious suburban teacher/wife/mom who suspects her optometrist hubby (Macfadyen) is hiding something from her and enlists the help of a cute high school shop teacher (Bernal) to expose those secrets in the very strange town of Holland, Michigan.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
The actress won an award for outstanding writing for a comedy series and gave a shoutout other then hubby.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
To say Maggie has had a somewhat rocky relationship with the man who murdered her hubby would be putting it mildly, but the two have found times to work together when necessary.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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The diagnosis fortunately led Hess and her husband to a physician who specialized in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and to a hospital with a suitable NICU.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Nadine, 58, was indicted in September 2023 on bribery charges with her husband, but her trial was delayed due to her breast cancer treatment.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Hubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hubby. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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