as in spouse
a male partner in a marriage
she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
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as in to conserve
to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of
husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them
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Recent Examples of husband
Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
In the latter, Feuerstein lives in an apartment between his parents — Elliott Gould played Lavin’s husband — and his brother’s family, failing to establish boundaries.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Salma Hayek Pinault to Receive Giving Tree Award at the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala: 'So Honored'
Hayek Pinault is mom to daughter Valentina, 16, and stepmom to husband Pinault's three kids — François, 25, Augustin and Mathilde, 22.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
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Noun
The New York City socialite became a tabloid fixture in the 1990s amid her divorce from billionaire art dealer husband Alec Wildenstein.
—Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
In the latter, Feuerstein lives in an apartment between his parents — Elliott Gould played Lavin’s husband — and his brother’s family, failing to establish boundaries.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
Madison Le Croy, meanwhile, is still basking in the glow of her November 2022 wedding to husband Brett Randle.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
Salma Hayek Pinault to Receive Giving Tree Award at the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala: 'So Honored'
Hayek Pinault is mom to daughter Valentina, 16, and stepmom to husband Pinault's three kids — François, 25, Augustin and Mathilde, 22.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
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Health insurance: Explore options for continuing your health coverage, such as COBRA, a spouse's plan or marketplace insurance.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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The value of the child tax credit and additional tax credit decreases if the parent or guardian's gross income is more than $200,000 when filing individually, or more than $400,000 if filing a joint return with a spouse.Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Carter’s energy policy was later seen as prescient, decades before climate change became a national priority with a solution to conserve and wean the public off of fossil fuels.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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And respect for wildlife — much of which is in peril — is the basis for conserving it.Benji Jones, Vox, 24 Dec. 2024
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Honor has an office in Indonesia and is working with one local manufacturing partner, Justin Li, the Chinese company’s president of South Pacific operations, told reporters last week.Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Venu partners tried and failed to get the case dismissed and a trial was set for October of 2025 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Husband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/husband. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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