as in lady
the female partner in a marriage
a husband and wife who treat each other as equals in their marriage
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Recent Examples of wife
Both Wilson and Webbon rely on strict interpretations of the Bible to back up their views that husbands rule over their wives and thus their households.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Blunt plays Kerr's former wife, Dawn Staples.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Swansea Guildhall was told that Buchan had travelled with his wife Samantha and their daughter Ella to the triathlon.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
The documentary features interviews with Sheen, his ex-wife, actor Denise Richards and actors Sean Penn, Chris Tucker and Jon Cryer.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Blunt plays Kerr's former wife, Dawn Staples.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Swansea Guildhall was told that Buchan had travelled with his wife Samantha and their daughter Ella to the triathlon.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
The documentary features interviews with Sheen, his ex-wife, actor Denise Richards and actors Sean Penn, Chris Tucker and Jon Cryer.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wife
Noun
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Wicks’ modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera Draven, Esq.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Someone else Johansson would love to see on SNL this season is her Eleanor the Great leading lady.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As fans scramble to catch the ball, footage shows, the ball appears to land one row in front of a woman while a man runs over and grabs it.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez follows the titular Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón), who seeks a fresh start — and a new identity as a woman — with the help of a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña, in her Oscar-winning role).—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Krista Bokhari applied to be appointed to finish out her spouse’s term and picked up endorsements from many in her party during that process.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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Aguilar spends most of her weekends manning her wooden, minimalist photo booths – a rustic aesthetic the blends in with Southern California’s hilly vistas – for brides, grooms and all their guests.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The new bride resumed her teaching duties, remaining at Rohwer through the waning days of the war in mid-1945.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of her detective drama Honey, Don't hitting theaters later this month, Aubrey Plaza has signed on to play infamous Hollywood madam, Heidi Fleiss.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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That morning, four men gathered at a house owned by a widow named Eleanor Bull, in the town of Deptford.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit also alleged the 80-year-old widow of Elvis made a calculated move in the final hours of Lisa Marie's life, accusing her of allegedly pulling her daughter off life support against her wishes.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Is Savannah James doing too much by not wanting to be called wifey?—
James R. Sanders,
VIBE.com,
16 Aug. 2024
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Christian Serratos is entering her wifey era with a unique engagement ring on her finger.—
Michelle Lee,
Peoplemag,
16 Aug. 2024
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“Wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wife. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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