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
Data Skrive, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.
—Rachel Curry, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
If OpenAI runs into any financial troubles, Luria says, CoreWeave likely wouldn’t be first to receive payments, compared to much larger OpenAI partners like Microsoft, Amazon, or even Oracle.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Through these activities, garden partners are often able to remember and share fond memories of gardening with spouses and other family members.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
By integrating the self-driving technologies of partners like Aurora Innovation and Waabi into the Volvo VNL Autonomous on the pilot line at its New River Facility in Virginia, Volvo Autonomous Solutions is able to deliver autonomous trucks with OEM-grade quality and consistency.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Marta and Antonio, partners of many years, quarrel and suddenly break up.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The festival's institutional partners are Brown-Forman, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown II Philanthropic Foundation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Awarded writers and filmmakers received accolades from industry partners including AMC Networks, Enderby Entertainment, Josephson Entertainment and the Writers Guild of America East.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
—Data Skrive, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.
—Rachel Curry, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
If OpenAI runs into any financial troubles, Luria says, CoreWeave likely wouldn’t be first to receive payments, compared to much larger OpenAI partners like Microsoft, Amazon, or even Oracle.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Through these activities, garden partners are often able to remember and share fond memories of gardening with spouses and other family members.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
By integrating the self-driving technologies of partners like Aurora Innovation and Waabi into the Volvo VNL Autonomous on the pilot line at its New River Facility in Virginia, Volvo Autonomous Solutions is able to deliver autonomous trucks with OEM-grade quality and consistency.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Marta and Antonio, partners of many years, quarrel and suddenly break up.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
The festival's institutional partners are Brown-Forman, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown II Philanthropic Foundation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Awarded writers and filmmakers received accolades from industry partners including AMC Networks, Enderby Entertainment, Josephson Entertainment and the Writers Guild of America East.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partners
Noun
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The film also features snippets of interviews with Stanford researchers and the spouses of the veterans.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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But as spouses and co-parents, both parties need to be treated as equals, Sethi said.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The men – sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and friends – were connected to dozens of families and a number of comrades in the shipping and freight industry.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, there are reports of women and children turning up at the aid camp in Tawila without the men of their family, only to report that their husbands were executed after they were captured by militias.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Forest Service works with Lead Forward, a veteran hiring initiative that recruits and places about 150 veterans annually into entry-level fire positions using special hiring authorities, the Veterans’ Recruitment Appointment and the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Run for Something, an organization that recruits and supports progressive candidates under 40 to run for local and state offices, saw 10,000 people sign up for its services in the two weeks following Mamdani's June Democratic primary win.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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CoreCivic, one of the main companies that contracts with ICE to operate immigration detention centers, is headquartered in Nashville.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Anyone who contracts the illness should seek medical attention and get treated with antibiotics sooner than later, according to the health department.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
4 Nov. 2025
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Senior, the managing partner of the law firm that hires Matty.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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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Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Each branch employs technicians who understand the pests most common in their region, scorpions in the Southwest, ticks in the Midwest, or termites in the Southeast.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The company employs 230 people in Midland and 94 in Auburn Hills who will be affected.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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