better half

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Recent Examples of better half The bolsters have the feel of those high-density sponges your better half uses in the shower. Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 But if Blondie’s better half could manage to enjoy a Dagwood sandwich, Link could surely manage to savor the delicacy that Jo had created for him! Charlie Mason, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025 Between the ages of fourteen and fifty-four Nadia does not for a single minute not have an admirer or a boyfriend or a better half. Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025 But Banner reminds his better half of the money and property that will come from his partnership with the baddie. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for better half
Recent Examples of Synonyms for better half
Noun
  • Away from the movie cameras, though, both actors are happily married to their significant others, who are also familiar with Hollywood.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • Those interviews and documents showed how offenders of intimate partner violence may not only abuse or even kill their significant other but also irrevocably harm others in their proximity. Click or tap here to learn more.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • While the state of falling in love or lust is often predicated on those feelings being reciprocated by a partner, limerence is specifically based on uncertainty about the object of your affections (a.k.a.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 July 2025
  • As such, it should be seen not as a threat but as a junior partner in humanity’s ongoing relationship with the natural world.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • My spouse is retired and receives a generous Social Security benefit.
    Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2025
  • Many of them are spouses or parents to US citizens.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Jessica Alba appears to be enjoying her summer after filing for divorce from her estranged husband, Cash Warren.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025
  • Selma’s parents were immigrants from Germany, and so was her husband, Anton de Winter, as he was listed on the manifest of the Edam, the ship that brought him to Ellis Island, in 1896.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025

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“Better half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/better%20half. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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