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spouse

[spaus, spauz, spauz, spaus] / spaʊs, spaʊz, spaʊz, spaʊs /


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And, when a person dies, they can currently transfer this tax-free allowance to a surviving spouse or civil partner which increases the combined threshold for a couple to £650k.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Couples who exercised together also reported better listening and stronger feelings that their spouse heard and supported them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

During his tenure, Kelker-Kelly portrayed the spouse of Hope Brady and love interest of Lisa Rinna’s Billie Reed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Another hurdle is what to do when an employee’s younger spouse is covered by a workplace health-insurance plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Just because you divorce someone legally doesn’t mean they are no longer your spouse.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

The former spouses, who share two teenage children, officially terminated their marriage on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

New research from BYU suggests it may also offer benefits for marriage, particularly when spouses are active together.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The spouses and children of applicants can also secure citizenship, in exchange for a contribution of $100,000 to the Treasury, or $25,000 if they are under 18 years of age.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Once both spouses go on Medicare, they each face their own premiums so as a couple their costs can exceed the $6,850 that is average for workplace family coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Whether I wish it or not, I possess them, their spouses and children, their jobs and money and life.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

SIR Clerk of Oxenford," our Hoste said, "Ye ride as still and coy, as doth a maid That were new spoused, sitting at the board: This day I heard not of your tongue a word.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves

To followe pleasure, and the beastlie mocions of the mynde: what libertée call you that, to liue in a godly, meane, The libertie in mariage. and Mediocritée of life, with thy spoused wife.

From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Richard Rainolde

He wan all Scotland.Also in this yere Robert Wynchelsee erchebysshop of Caunterbury spoused the kyng Edward and Margarete the kynges suster of Fraunce togidere: and also pees was mad betwen bothe kynges.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas

Thou shalt be spoused to fair Gwendoline; Love her, and take her, for she is thine own, If so thy uncle and her self do please.

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

And right as Rachel and Leah were both wives unto Jacob, right so man's soul through light of knowing in the reason, and sweetness of love in the affection, is spoused unto God.

From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner




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