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Noun
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The two friends have been going to the annual meeting off and on for roughly 15 years, leaving their husbands at home for a girls' trip to Omaha.—
Sarah Min,Yun Li,
CNBC,
1 May 2026 -
Andy gets a decent if colorless new love interest (Patrick Brammall), who works as a real-estate contractor, and even Miranda has found stability and happiness with the latest of her many husbands (Kenneth Branagh).—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Include partners, spouses and close friends in your day.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
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In 1970 the law was amended to extend immigration and citizenship rights to the children and grandchildren of Jews, as well as to their spouses, but the amendment excluded people who had been Jewish and voluntarily adopted another religion.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even in a household with two working partners, there is a disparity in the distribution of physical, cognitive and emotional labor, often referred to as invisible labor.—
Patricia Neligan,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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In some cases, payments for long-term partners will be allowed, and is worth investigating to see whether certain documentation needs to be completed in advance, such as an expression of wish form.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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With two men on following a leadoff single by Trevor Story and a walk by Masataka Yoshida, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a ground ball that third baseman Junior Caminero couldn’t handle.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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Two men charged with stealing about $667,000 of Louis Vuitton merchandise from the back of delivery trucks — robbing the drivers at gunpoint — pleaded not guilty in San Diego Superior Court on Wednesday, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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“Widowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widowers. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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