as in spouses
the person to whom another is married
takes marriage very seriously and wants a man who will be her partner for life
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Recent Examples of partners
Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The resort partners with local organizations to support sea turtle conservation through habitat protection, education, and responsible tourism practices.
—Kate Van Dyke, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Additional fellowship partners this year include Big Indie Pictures, The Donners’ Company, Starburns Industries and YMH Studios.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
Karp, his partners, and their peers at the other firms that settled should have taken care of the system just a little bit.
—Fabio Bertoni, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Baez and Danny kept their relationship strictly professional as NYPD partners — until the series finale, when Wahlberg's character asked his colleague out for pizza.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Public information campaigns can replace stigma with practical knowledge for women, partners, managers, and clinicians.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The commission is working with federal partners to comply with federal laws and regulations.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
The festival's institutional partners are Brown-Forman, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown II Philanthropic Foundation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The resort partners with local organizations to support sea turtle conservation through habitat protection, education, and responsible tourism practices.
—Kate Van Dyke, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Additional fellowship partners this year include Big Indie Pictures, The Donners’ Company, Starburns Industries and YMH Studios.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
Karp, his partners, and their peers at the other firms that settled should have taken care of the system just a little bit.
—Fabio Bertoni, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Baez and Danny kept their relationship strictly professional as NYPD partners — until the series finale, when Wahlberg's character asked his colleague out for pizza.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Public information campaigns can replace stigma with practical knowledge for women, partners, managers, and clinicians.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The commission is working with federal partners to comply with federal laws and regulations.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partners
Noun
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Performances were dedicated to parents, siblings, co-stars, spouses and children.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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She is survived by five children and their spouses, eleven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Christina Haack has figured out how to be friends with two of her ex-husbands.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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For aggrieved wives of cheating husbands, a rising new professional service in China offers an innovative solution.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Here, Elizabeth McGovern’s Helen recruits a guy named Guy (Nicholas Denton) for an off-the-books mission.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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First, where the classic Boulevardier recruits the broad oaky shoulders of bourbon or rye for its base, Taylor substituted in apple brandy, which is similarly barrel aged but is distilled from apples instead of corn or rye, giving a core fruity quality beneath the familiar oak.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Kay Stone Stone works as a school nurse through Amergis, a health care staffing agency that contracts with Blue Valley Unified School District.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Black Hole stalks Chris, a popular girl who contracts the virus, and a stoner named Keith, who is in love with her.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At this stage of the M&A sequence, a company hires financial advisors and, generally, prepares financial information to share with potential bidders.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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As the rest of the world hires up for an AI future, the company once known as Facebook reportedly hopes to cut about 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence unit.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The reforms reduced incentives for policyholders, contractors and attorneys to sue insurers with little risk of having to pay insurers’ attorneys fees whether or not the suits were successful.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chen’s Prince Group employs thousands of people and bills itself as one of the biggest conglomerates in Cambodia, with investments in luxury real estate, banking services, hotels, major construction developments, grocery stores and even luxury watches.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Rose Batteries employs about 30 people at the Corporate Court location, according to the company.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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