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
He became widowed when his wife Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, died at age 92 in September 2025.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Homewood resident Bailey McSuhm came to the event with her wife.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
One of England’s great private castles, home to the Dent-Brocklehurst family since the 1830s, Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Following their May 19 nuptials, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made their couples debut at Trooping the Colour on June 9, 2018.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 13 June 2026
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Homewood resident Bailey McSuhm came to the event with her wife.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
One of England’s great private castles, home to the Dent-Brocklehurst family since the 1830s, Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Following their May 19 nuptials, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made their couples debut at Trooping the Colour on June 9, 2018.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wife
Noun
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Find her firming night cream, rich-lady face oil, and blurring tinted sunscreen among a trove of other beauty gems.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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The ladies all celebrated with New York as the Knicks staged a historic comeback and defeated the Spurs 107-106.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Underneath all of that old Jewish humor is a woman who makes no effort to get to know the person her child has become, and who remains incurious about the parts of the world that don’t fit with her agenda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Two years later, in 1986, records show Marcelin was convicted of manslaughter for stabbing a woman to death.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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My brothers-in-law and their spouses give their parents only limited amounts of time on holidays and limited physical assistance to their parents only if my husband begs for help.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Some military spouses have been released from ICE custody after their cases garnered media attention and intervention from members of Congress, like the case of Deisy Rivera-Ortega, the wife of an active-duty Army soldier.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Mauricio Novelli, the entrepreneur behind LIBRA, ran the investing courses where Adorni taught in 2022, and Adorni was among the officials in the room when Novelli brought his American partner, Hayden Davis, into the Casa Rosada for the LIBRA soirée.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Thirty years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, Jose's former business partner still questions what led to the killings.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Friday's invite was opened up to all guests as a welcome event with signature cocktails named after places the bride and groom have traveled together.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Leaving Los Angeles for Sacramento was not easy for the young bride.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Part physics lecture, part rehearsal for a future death, the 75-minute piece shifts from glowing equations and sandbox experiments to Tagore songs, Bollywood widow melodrama and intimate Bangla conversations.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Frataccia-Seibert, Frataccia’s widow, has known McCall for a long time.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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This, dear sirs and madams, is where your policy reaches a truly impressive level of bureaucratic creativity.—
Yehiel Kyle Israel,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ladies’ first big blowup concerns a rumor that an old fair-weather friend of Myka’s is a madam.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Mar. 2026
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To honor his wifey-to-be's birthday, Usher posted a sweet carousel with some of their moments together.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Individual #1 gets a car (even a crappy Prius) and all wifey gets is… a recording.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wife. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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