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
Data Skrive, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
Since beginning local productions nearly a decade ago, Netflix has partnered with over 250 local production partners across the APAC region.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
However, the Amex Business Platinum provides access to a larger number of transfer partners.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
And in entertainment, the company has added Paramount+, YouTube Premium and YouTube TV to its roster of existing partners.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
Volvo revealed that the project marks the first full-scale electric deconstruction of its kind and serves as an important proof of concept that deconstruction can be carried out more sustainably today with the right technology, partners, and ambition.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
This process goes up a notch higher in close relationships where partners may suppress vulnerabilities or perform idealized roles in order to maintain harmony.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Now McBride, Shamshiri and their partners, Tiger King co-creator Eric Goode (the hotel’s lead designer) and restaurateur Warner Ebbink, have returned the 2-acre property to its old California roots, reviving the original name and undertaking a painstaking restoration.
—Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
Its threat intelligence team continues to investigate misuse cases and share findings with industry and government partners.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.
—Data Skrive, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
Since beginning local productions nearly a decade ago, Netflix has partnered with over 250 local production partners across the APAC region.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
However, the Amex Business Platinum provides access to a larger number of transfer partners.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
And in entertainment, the company has added Paramount+, YouTube Premium and YouTube TV to its roster of existing partners.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
Volvo revealed that the project marks the first full-scale electric deconstruction of its kind and serves as an important proof of concept that deconstruction can be carried out more sustainably today with the right technology, partners, and ambition.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
This process goes up a notch higher in close relationships where partners may suppress vulnerabilities or perform idealized roles in order to maintain harmony.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Now McBride, Shamshiri and their partners, Tiger King co-creator Eric Goode (the hotel’s lead designer) and restaurateur Warner Ebbink, have returned the 2-acre property to its old California roots, reviving the original name and undertaking a painstaking restoration.
—Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
Its threat intelligence team continues to investigate misuse cases and share findings with industry and government partners.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partners
Noun
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The program also extends support to certain surviving family members, including spouses, dependent children, and even parents of deceased service members.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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His death was the latest in a string of violent attacks targeting political figures over the last year after two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were targeted in June, including state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were shot and killed.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The lively romantic drama follows five young women in the 1870s, who travel from New York to London searching for husbands.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Divorce was on the rise in the 1920s and 1930s and spiked after wars, like the Civil War, World War I, and later, World War II, when spouses cheated on one another while husbands were deployed.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ned successfully recruits to the reporting team secondary characters such as Nicole from circulation, Detrick from advertising, Travis from sales, and Adelola and Adam from accounting.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Mercor, a smaller rival that recruits PhDs and other experts to train models for AI labs, saw an immediate opening.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the death of the narrator’s sister’s infant child due to a congenital disorder, her family flies to Scotland, where the narrator almost instantly contracts COVID.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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The city contracts with nine waste service providers and two composters for residential buildings, as well as 17 trash and recycling companies for commercial properties.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This kind of playbook can not only preserve early learnings but also give future sales hires a clear blueprint to follow.—
Muhammad Nabeel Shamim,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Earth hires a mercenary company that gamifies the eviction process.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 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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Meanwhile, over at Castle Leathers, Davina employs Julia to try to get Brian to see reason and stop his quest to go save Ellen.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Balmain name employs a fraction of the percentage of what bigger-name luxury houses would employ.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Partners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partners. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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