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spousal

[spau-zuhl] / ˈspaʊ zəl /




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The spousal role on state visits has traditionally been decorative: waving, smiling and visiting cultural venues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

If you paid into Social Security for the last 30-plus years, chances are you won’t need to apply for spousal benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Would it make more sense for me to wait until age 67 to receive a full spousal benefit?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Second, if you wait until 67, your full retirement age, you get your own retirement benefit, plus a spousal excess if 50% of your husband’s full-retirement-age benefit is higher.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

This exceeds All spousal suffering, which preceding times In our Italian stories ever read, Or in their sable annals register'd.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley




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