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Recent Examples of spousal
Phypers, 53, was arrested in court last month on spousal abuse charges stemming from two separate incidents in 2017 and 2022, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But as women increasingly become power players in the economy thanks to the spousal element of the Great Wealth Transfer, this may change.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
That agreement also addresses spousal support, attorney’s fees, child support and custody of the former couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Isabella, although specific details have not been made public.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
What is a prenup? Prenuptial agreements are legally binding documents intended to specify how assets, debts, and spousal support will be handled in the event of divorce or death, before a couple ties the knot.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But as women increasingly become power players in the economy thanks to the spousal element of the Great Wealth Transfer, this may change.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
That agreement also addresses spousal support, attorney’s fees, child support and custody of the former couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Isabella, although specific details have not been made public.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
What is a prenup? Prenuptial agreements are legally binding documents intended to specify how assets, debts, and spousal support will be handled in the event of divorce or death, before a couple ties the knot.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spousal
Adjective
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Behold all of his wifely love, and then behold him, loving her.—
Monica Hesse,
Washington Post,
20 June 2019
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An even more incendiary interview surfaced online in March, in which Patterson can be heard boasting about having counseled an abused woman, who showed up to church with two black eyes, to submit to domestic violence as her wifely duty.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 June 2018
Adjective
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As mentioned earlier, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements can serve this function.—
Lisa Zeiderman,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Handing out prenuptial conflict management books is decidedly not romantic.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For weeks leading up to Middleton’s 2011 wedding to Prince William and Meghan Markle’s 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, royal watchers speculated if either bride would wear their late mother-in-law’s bridal tiara.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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One black-and-white shot showed Brewer and Bauch walking through a church as the bride clutched her bridal bouquet and turned to give the camera a smile.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield and the family’s Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, were having an extra-marital affair and carried out the plan together.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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The couple had publicly but lovingly described some marital difficulties, yet there were still few outward signs the divorce was coming.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Spousal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spousal. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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