as in spouse
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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as in to job
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Recent Examples of partner
Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
But it was pushed back to May because United Way is still finalizing a community partner agreement and testing the program.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
The college, near Fort Worth’s Cultural District, has partnered with nonprofit Lena Pope since 2018 to predominantly serve students and staff members.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
There’s something nice and lived-in about your work with your scene partners.
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Corgan has also partnered with Chicago’s Lyric Opera to present A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, a special seven-performance series scheduled for Nov. 21-30.
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That can include jokes about the comedians’ marriages—the kind of ragging that most people probably wouldn’t accept from their spouse in public, and that can be hurtful or sexist in the wrong context.—
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It is also known as the most family-friendly day of the tournament because often golfers choose to have their family members (from children and grandchildren to spouses and significant others) serve as their caddies.—
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The Lions got jobbed against the Cowboys, one hundred percent.—
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The first is the real Shakespeare of 16th century London, a a commercially-minded, jobbing playwright who worked closely with a company of actors.—
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The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California prison has called for reforms after a second woman was killed in a similar manner.—
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My husband, on the other hand, is a fan of so many things, but few of them hold his loyalty in such a vice grip.—
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China’s economy greatly depends on foreign firms producing goods within its borders or subcontracting with Chinese firms that do.—
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Federal contracts require that companies over a certain size set goals for subcontracting spending on businesses owned by underrepresented individuals.—
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The Peace Corps, established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and later authorized by Congress, recruits and deploys American volunteers to support development efforts around the world.—
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Huffman is widely regarded as the leading college football recruiting insider on the West Coast.—
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
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But the new law does not designate any money to immediately hire more investigators to probe potential problems.—
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Professors of cultural studies, or history, or the arts, have long seen themselves as critics of institutions, including the universities that employ them.—
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Although given the opportunity, no one employed by Memorial spoke out at the board meeting to voice concerns.—
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Escalating operational costs, persistent inflation, shortages of clinical staff, and contracting fiscal margins are squeezing healthcare institutions nationwide.—
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Even though production has since contracted, especially in L.A., optimism is running high that a proposal to double California’s film and TV tax credit in the state will be passed by state legislators.—
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“Partner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partner. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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