as in spouses
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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Recent Examples of partners
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
These test projects would also include environmental monitoring In addition, the council would form a public–private Rare Earth Elements Consortium composed of state government, university and industry partners.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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—Natalie Wu
valentina Duarte, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Hood said investors shouldn’t worry about the exposure to one of Microsoft’s major partners, pointing out that roughly $344 billion of the RPO came from a diverse set of other customers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Spousal involvement with an AI is a growing reason for divorce, with partners complaining about the amount of time and money their spouses were spending on their AI relationship.
—Lori Andrews, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Emanuel and his partners were soon signing the most glittering names in show business, acquiring some of the most dynamic companies on the planet (IMG, UFC, WWE).
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
College basketball officials, according to those in the business, are taught not to make calls from the baseline through a tangle of bodies, instead deferring to one of your partners trailing the play.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Bentley and Kwedar are creative partners, who co-write every film together but trade off directing duties.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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The company expects the store to expand rapidly as more apps and partners join, providing a growing library of skills for commercial and personal robots.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026
These test projects would also include environmental monitoring In addition, the council would form a public–private Rare Earth Elements Consortium composed of state government, university and industry partners.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Take control of your money with CNBC Select CNBC Select is editorially independent and may earn a commission from affiliate partners on links.
—Natalie Wu
valentina Duarte, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
Hood said investors shouldn’t worry about the exposure to one of Microsoft’s major partners, pointing out that roughly $344 billion of the RPO came from a diverse set of other customers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Spousal involvement with an AI is a growing reason for divorce, with partners complaining about the amount of time and money their spouses were spending on their AI relationship.
—Lori Andrews, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Emanuel and his partners were soon signing the most glittering names in show business, acquiring some of the most dynamic companies on the planet (IMG, UFC, WWE).
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
College basketball officials, according to those in the business, are taught not to make calls from the baseline through a tangle of bodies, instead deferring to one of your partners trailing the play.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Bentley and Kwedar are creative partners, who co-write every film together but trade off directing duties.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partners
Noun
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Trump is a member of a small but mighty group of American political spouses tending to the role in their own right.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Yet spouses everywhere claim that number should be significantly higher.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But there were no miracles, just the bodies of daughters, sons, wives, husbands, mothers and fathers to pull from the water, identify and return to their families.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Dodds told The Oregonian that she was also inspired by the 2003 film Calendar Girls, which is based on a true story about a pair of friends posed nude for a calendar to raise funds for a local hospital after one of their husbands died of cancer.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This means that the snail actively recruits and manages metal ions from its environment for shell formation.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The series recruits hosts like Sally Jessy Raphael and Maury Povich for insight into the era's popularity.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The release said that at the time of his arrest, the man was employed as a bus driver with a company that contracts with local schools.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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Unlike Saratoga, which contracts with Santa Clara County for sheriff’s and fire services, Gilroy has its own police and fire departments.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In order for Sophie to live a comfortable life, Araminta hires her as an unpaid maid and treats her pretty cruelly compared to her daughers Posy and Rosamund.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cherny said his team now hires mostly generalists rather than specialists, since many traditional programming skills are less relevant when AI handles implementation details.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The reforms reduced incentives for policyholders, contractors and attorneys to sue insurers with little risk of having to pay insurers’ attorneys fees whether or not the suits were successful.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The federal agency also subcontracts with other charter companies, including GlobalX, which handled more than half of DHS' charter flights in 2025, according to ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, a group that tracks ICE deportation flights.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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Suddenly Sophie’s selfhood is tied up in a potential affair with a man who employs her, which was the exact situation in which Sophie’s maid mother found herself with her lord father.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tomaszewski Hill did not respond to a question about how many people the company employs in the Boise area.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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