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
Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The New York Times began exploring the idea of a Wordle television game show and chose to partner with Fallon and develop the idea with UTAS for the broadcast network.
—Peter White, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Owens earned his juris doctorate from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and is now a partner at NBO Law in Orange County.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Three centuries and more runs than any other batter in the 2024-25 Shield have made Weatherald the people’s favourite to partner Khawaja in Perth.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The New York Times began exploring the idea of a Wordle television game show and chose to partner with Fallon and develop the idea with UTAS for the broadcast network.
—Peter White, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
The 2026 festival will be produced alongside Primuse Entertainment as the official local partner.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Owens earned his juris doctorate from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and is now a partner at NBO Law in Orange County.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partner
Noun
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Konner explains that in the writers’ room, Foster will tell a story involving her husband—who is Jewish though not a rabbi—and while some of the staff will relate to Foster, others will see themselves in her spouse.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Carrying on his work, his spouse Roberta Lord saw the project through.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are contracted through 2026, both deals penned in 2024.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Getting into conflict with strays can leave them with severe injuries or new illnesses, which can be contracted from scratches or bites.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nowadays the ghosts of the hotel’s original owner, his wife, and a mysterious child are said to haunt the property.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Of his first impressions of his future wife, Plemons had nothing but praise.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 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
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Her discovery of her husband’s flirtatious friendship with Morgan, in a Season 1 finale set at their daughter’s bat mitzvah, has shaken the foundation of their relationship.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Loughlin was eventually sentenced to two months in federal prison while her husband received a five-month sentence in August of the same year.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As in years past, there was plenty of heated debate, some clever campaigning on social media, a last-minute push for votes from A-list significant others and a few races that were neck-and-neck right up until the last ballot was cast.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Allison Williams and Dave Franco are thrown together after their significant others die in a car crash.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Twenty days after the trade, Kupchak stepped down from his position and transitioned into an advisory role, coinciding with the Hornets hiring former Nets executive Jeff Peterson as their new general manager.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Brody was also joined onscreen by his wife, Leighton Meester, who played an influencer and former friend of Joanne (Kristen Bell) who hired Noah for her baby-naming ceremony.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partner. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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