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
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 July 2026
Muon and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are both FireSat partners.
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Eric Niiler,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
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Data Skrive,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
And now Jacopo—who is on the business rather than creative side—is one of five partners steering the architectural studio into the next era, with global hotel, retail and residential projects from Sicily to Shanghai.
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Zoë Dare Hall,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Be patient with kids and romantic partners, because squabbles might arise.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
Its story resonated deeply with Catherine Blanc-Maurizi, producer at Offshore, who brought the project to the aforementioned partners and also got co-directors Maud Garnier and Marc Robinet on board.
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Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
25 June 2026
In the spring of 2026, the company hosted its inaugural AI Symposium to deepen connections and foster insight-sharing between the scientific AI community, leading AI labs, startups, and its own technology, science, and AI leaders and partners.
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IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz are co-founders and partners of the venture capital firm that bears their initials.
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Eric Lau,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Noun
Nvidia's current-generation Rubin systems are in full production and begin shipping this fall to eight cloud partners, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 July 2026
Muon and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are both FireSat partners.
—
Eric Niiler,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
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Data Skrive,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
And now Jacopo—who is on the business rather than creative side—is one of five partners steering the architectural studio into the next era, with global hotel, retail and residential projects from Sicily to Shanghai.
—
Zoë Dare Hall,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
Be patient with kids and romantic partners, because squabbles might arise.
—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
Its story resonated deeply with Catherine Blanc-Maurizi, producer at Offshore, who brought the project to the aforementioned partners and also got co-directors Maud Garnier and Marc Robinet on board.
—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
25 June 2026
In the spring of 2026, the company hosted its inaugural AI Symposium to deepen connections and foster insight-sharing between the scientific AI community, leading AI labs, startups, and its own technology, science, and AI leaders and partners.
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IEEE Spectrum,
25 June 2026
Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz are co-founders and partners of the venture capital firm that bears their initials.
—
Eric Lau,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partners
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The share of adults ages 25-34 who were homeowners (heads of household or their spouses) dwindled from 40% in 2005 to 29% in 2024, according to research by the Urban Institute, based on census data.
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Social Security survivor benefits can pay eligible spouses, former spouses, children and dependent parents of a worker who paid into the system.
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Interim work is often temporary cover while a company recruits a permanent hire.
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Van Der Werf recruits unemployed or underemployed Europeans as young as 18-years-old, into a five-week boot camp run by military veterans to teach teamwork, strength, and discipline.
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That would have been unlikely just a few years ago — when laws in this Muslim-majority nation forbade women freedom of travel without permission from husbands or fathers.
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From there, my sister’s friend/my neighbor went out to happy hour with our husbands occasionally.
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The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction.
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Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October.
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Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided.
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An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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Devs can also cover users’ transaction fees thanks to gas sponsorship via Privy, simplifying onboarding and reducing friction for new users.
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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.
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Schultz said that Legal Aid subcontracts some of the legal work in the program to groups such as Bet Tzedek and Inner City Law Center.
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The company subcontracts installation to local contractors, leading to varied customer experiences.
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Riles’s company now employs 18 people, and as of May, the company’s grown 43% year over year, according to John Helms, director of sales and business insights, clocking slightly over $10 million in revenue in 2025.
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Alyse Lopez-Salm, who lives in a small North Carolina town close to the military base that employs her husband, is one of the 35 million Americans who work from home.
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“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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