soul mates

noun

plural of soulmate
as in significant others

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  1. significant others
  2. partners
  3. wives
  4. husbands
  5. spouses
Noun
  • Despite this, the couple divorced their significant others and married each other in November 2017.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Reportedly, their respective significant others unfollowed each other, and Bailey and Pankow unfollowed the other’s partner as well.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of significant others
Noun
  • From concept development to flight qualification The US company and its partners have already passed several development milestones since the program started.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said representatives of Ukraine’s European partners, from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, were also in Kyiv.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • Find a window to suck down margaritas with your wives when there's a break in the action.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Since wives were supposed to obey their husbands, men might be justified in physically disciplining them.
    — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wives
Noun
  • As the years go by, babies are born, parents get sick and die, careers are started then ended, wives and husbands are thwarted, and, eventually, sheets are strewn and booties are tapped.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Since wives were supposed to obey their husbands, men might be justified in physically disciplining them.
    — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of husbands
Noun
  • Many players are students, spouses and mothers, full-time jobs in their own right.
    — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For some spouses, however, filing separately may be the preferable choice.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of spouses
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