spouses

noun

plural of spouse
as in partners
the person to whom another is married employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan

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Recent Examples of spouses The Stop Insider Trading Act, meanwhile, bans lawmakers and their spouses from buying stocks. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 The same is true in cases where a former prisoner dies and leaves money or other assets to their children, spouses and heirs. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 After several months of negotiations, the former spouses finally reached an agreement on how to divide their immense wealth. — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 27 Sep. 2026 The next sketch was a support group featuring Brunson as one of several men whose spouses were grinded on at Usher and Chris Brown’s The R&B Tour. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026 The White House also arranged for an elaborate military review that the leaders and their spouses observed before the Oval Office talks. — Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026 The organization also took issue with Winn questioning whether KCKPS’ employment of current board members’ spouses presented any ethical concerns. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 Things happen but both my SILs have perfectly capable male spouses who insist on being very underemployed. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Martinez and Ishibashi play McConaughey and Harrelson’s real-life spouses like easily exasperated sitcom spouses, half disapproving wet blankets and half the only sane people in their respective families. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouses
  1. partners
  2. husbands
  3. wives
Noun
  • The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • One of our husbands is an emergency physician and has filled out many.
    — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of soft power that united two figures known for fusing style and diplomacy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of husbands
Noun
  • Becca and Renee Good were not legally married, according to a family lawyer, but referred to one another as wives.
    — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But in 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court overruled the convictions — arguing that jurors shouldn’t have been allowed to hear information about Randolph’s previous wives, including Gault, and his time in prison.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of wives

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“Spouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouses. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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