alimony
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Alimony may help soothe the pain somewhat, but it’s an unfair sacrifice for the emotional, and potentially financial, devastation.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023
Alimony, also known as spousal support or maintenance, is typically paid by the higher-earning spouse for a period of time after a divorce.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018
Week 1194, fake derivations of words: Alimony: from Old English, for “all his money.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2017
Don’t Expect Alimony, about the recent trend of states revisiting their alimony laws.
From Forbes • Oct. 29, 2014
Miss Alimony was one of that large and increasing number of dusky, grey-eyed ladies who go through life with an air of darkly incomprehensible significance.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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