as in partner
the person to whom another is married
employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan
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Recent Examples of spouse
Robyn, 46, remains his legal spouse.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Some spouses suddenly started spending hours scrolling through online forums, or watching videos that push conspiracist narratives.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wever, 45, put on a heartbreaking performance as the spouse of a Lumon employee in Severance.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Liz’s spouse, meanwhile, never really gets much of a personality at all.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Some spouses suddenly started spending hours scrolling through online forums, or watching videos that push conspiracist narratives.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Wever, 45, put on a heartbreaking performance as the spouse of a Lumon employee in Severance.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Liz’s spouse, meanwhile, never really gets much of a personality at all.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouse
Noun
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His father taught him that a husband provides, a wife takes care of children.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Pearl Miles, 29, loved going through her husband's school yearbooks and reading through the personal messages written by his classmates.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Spouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouse. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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