as in spouse
the person to whom another is married
takes marriage very seriously and wants a man who will be her partner for life
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as in to contract
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Recent Examples of partner
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Under the agreement, SLAM would partner with Miami Dade College for some theater programming.
—Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
In the video, the SipMARGS founder and her partner DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy can be seen in the Dancing with the Stars rehearsal room, attempting what appears to be a very technical, two-person cartwheel.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Yolo County, throughout the years, in some form had a crisis call line and a mobile crisis team, containing clinicians who partner with law enforcement agencies to respond to calls.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Under the agreement, SLAM would partner with Miami Dade College for some theater programming.
—Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Among the girls who shared the age of their partners, almost half (45%) were married to men more than five years older than them.
—Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
In the video, the SipMARGS founder and her partner DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy can be seen in the Dancing with the Stars rehearsal room, attempting what appears to be a very technical, two-person cartwheel.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partner
Noun
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They get lost when historians focus on the people who hold political power rather than the people who adopt children or get abused by a spouse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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In both cases, their cultish devotion to a spouse has generated enduring curiosity, part of which may be envy, since many women have aspired to serve as a muse to genius.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Moving forward, fewer inspections For over a decade California has contracted CTSI to provide oversight over the traffic school industry.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Oracle's economics are largely fixed and contracted, with the upside accruing to OpenAI.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Smaller service firms and integrators now subcontract expert technicians for field retrofits, rather than keep them on permanent payroll.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During Christmas dinner, Martha (72) announces her separation after discovering her husband’s affair with her best friend, upending the holiday as her children and their partners confront their own romantic issues.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The following day, Kidman filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years, according to court documents.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Maybe a significant other wants more quality time just as your work becomes more demanding.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Use the fall equinox to connect with your crush or significant other and squash the problems in your relationship.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While talent and hard work opened doors, Nayyar turned to a personal tactic that his father taught him, to make a lasting impression on hiring managers—or in his case, casting directors, producers, and Hollywood stars.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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But he was hired by the Yankees in 1949 and immediately led them to five straight World Series championships — a record that almost certainly never will be broken and launched him toward tying Joe McCarthy for the most in baseball history with seven.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partner. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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