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 film also features snippets of interviews with Stanford researchers and the spouses of the veterans.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
But as spouses and co-parents, both parties need to be treated as equals, Sethi said.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
And many military spouses lose their jobs because of the move or are underemployed from frequent relocations, Johnson said.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
The homestead exemption is available for people with disabilities, seniors whose total income falls below a certain amount and surviving spouses of late public service officers.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Some states don't allow spouses to receive pay for care work.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
But there were also Fairness Act beneficiaries who now for the first time had reason to apply for Social Security, a condition most prevalent among spouses and widow(er)s of former state and local government workers.
—Justin Fox, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Pressure also has increased on the king to finally find a way to get Andrew and Sarah out of Royal Lodge after the Times UK published a report last week saying that the ex-spouses had been living there, virtually rent free, for nearly two decades.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
While the show has since been rebooted to include the original cast's spouses and children, Polizzi said a lot of people refuse to see her as anything other than an early 2000s-era party girl.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
But as spouses and co-parents, both parties need to be treated as equals, Sethi said.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
And many military spouses lose their jobs because of the move or are underemployed from frequent relocations, Johnson said.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
The homestead exemption is available for people with disabilities, seniors whose total income falls below a certain amount and surviving spouses of late public service officers.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Some states don't allow spouses to receive pay for care work.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
But there were also Fairness Act beneficiaries who now for the first time had reason to apply for Social Security, a condition most prevalent among spouses and widow(er)s of former state and local government workers.
—Justin Fox, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
Pressure also has increased on the king to finally find a way to get Andrew and Sarah out of Royal Lodge after the Times UK published a report last week saying that the ex-spouses had been living there, virtually rent free, for nearly two decades.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
While the show has since been rebooted to include the original cast's spouses and children, Polizzi said a lot of people refuse to see her as anything other than an early 2000s-era party girl.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouses
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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In early 20th-century Hungary, a village knitting club takes it upon themselves to poison their abusive husbands with arsenic.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Around that time, Ladd spoke to The New York Times about her first two husbands and the end of those relationships.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Brown welcomed a total of 18 children during his time in a plural marriage with his three former wives — Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown, who split from Kody in 2021 and 2022 — and current wife Robyn Brown.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouses. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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