as in ladies
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 wives
The veteran sideline reporter and member of FOX Sports’ A-Team braved the freezing temperature in Philly by swaddling herself in a capacious coat, which drew comparisons to a diverse array of notorious icons of warmth including Cruella De Ville, Jon Snow, emus, mob wives, pimps, and Ric Flair.
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Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026
His teammates are all close by too, which has made for easy hangouts, quiet walks around the neighbourhood with the dogs, wives and kids.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Here's everything to know about Scott Adams' ex-wives, Shelly Miles and Kristina Basham.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
In classic novels of family crisis, such as John Updike’s Rabbit, Run and Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, husbands or wives or children die.
—Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Your husband claims not to have known the weekend arrangements in advance, claiming you were both deceived — not only by his old friends, but by their wives, and by the single female neighbor.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
From trad wives to spin classes to caregiving, Smithuijsen reveals how late stage capitalism strips women of agency and traps them in endless cycles of empty consumption and thankless labor.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Pastors’ wives being held to impossible standards isn’t new either.
—Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026
His teammates are all close by too, which has made for easy hangouts, quiet walks around the neighbourhood with the dogs, wives and kids.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Here's everything to know about Scott Adams' ex-wives, Shelly Miles and Kristina Basham.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
In classic novels of family crisis, such as John Updike’s Rabbit, Run and Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road, husbands or wives or children die.
—Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Your husband claims not to have known the weekend arrangements in advance, claiming you were both deceived — not only by his old friends, but by their wives, and by the single female neighbor.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
From trad wives to spin classes to caregiving, Smithuijsen reveals how late stage capitalism strips women of agency and traps them in endless cycles of empty consumption and thankless labor.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Pastors’ wives being held to impossible standards isn’t new either.
—Essence, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wives
Noun
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The young ladies pleaded for help from Zeus.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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And Just Like That…, which first premiered in December 2021, picked up with the beloved Sex and the City ladies — Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Davis) — 10 years after the events of the 2010 film Sex and the City 2.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Beam was known to have a very large extended family, but at home, he was surrounded by the love of three special women — his wife, Cindi, and two daughters, Sonjha and Monica.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Although women from North East, Kent, and Wessex appeared to want to leave their hometowns for a new world, specifically.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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The act allowed American servicemen to bring their non-American spouses and children to the United States.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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So Vrabel asked if Kraft would greenlight a trip for the spouses and significant others to tag along to New York for the Jets game, and the owner agreed.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The E²ngel consortium partners, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and McPhy Energy Germany, carried out the timely qualification and validation, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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As the sparkler belongs to the Spencer family, only Spencer brides have worn it, per Town & Country—including Diana’s two older sisters, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Shaw, 37, and Coiner, 26, were married in Louisville because of the brides deep family ties to Kentucky.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Wives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wives. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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