as in spouses
a male partner in a marriage
she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
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as in conserves
to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of
husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them
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Recent Examples of husbands
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Our partners and husbands and friends understand.
—Leslie Hsu Oh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by their husbands.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Hundreds of videos circulating online from these ceremonies show parents, children, friends, wives and husbands of the victims dancing to upbeat music playing at mosques and holy shrine sites as a dramatic representation of their grief.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
The mothers each fell in love with their husbands as Europe was descending into war.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
According to reporting by The New York Times, births in 1966 fell sharply amid a belief that girls born in a Fire Horse year would bring misfortune to their future husbands.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
As their personal lives become more openly political, all four main characters—the two sisters and their husbands—come to better understand the roles they’ve been cast in by living in a city with such a difficult past.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
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Created by Katherine Jakeways and based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1938, The Buccaneers follows the titular group of American heiresses who travel to England seeking husbands during the Gilded Age in the 1870s.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Our partners and husbands and friends understand.
—Leslie Hsu Oh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by their husbands.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Hundreds of videos circulating online from these ceremonies show parents, children, friends, wives and husbands of the victims dancing to upbeat music playing at mosques and holy shrine sites as a dramatic representation of their grief.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
The mothers each fell in love with their husbands as Europe was descending into war.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
According to reporting by The New York Times, births in 1966 fell sharply amid a belief that girls born in a Fire Horse year would bring misfortune to their future husbands.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
As their personal lives become more openly political, all four main characters—the two sisters and their husbands—come to better understand the roles they’ve been cast in by living in a city with such a difficult past.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for husbands
Noun
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Married people could connect, cheat on their spouses and go home and resume their normal lives.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Former presidents and their spouses receive lifelong Secret Service protection under federal law, but there are no provisions guaranteeing the elite levels of private travel that were necessary features of their time in office.—
Meg Kinnard,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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As the body conserves heat, circulation may be redirected toward vital organs, reducing blood flow to joints in the extremities.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Adding a 2- to 4-inch layer of mulch around fruit tree bases insulates the soil, conserves moisture, and reduces weeds.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Burkle’s lawsuit against Anderson, filed last month, appears to be part of a bitter falling out between the two longtime business partners and friends, according to The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, which first reported on the litigation.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Microsoft, one of Anthropic’s biggest partners, agreed.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Husbands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/husbands. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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