domestic partner

Example Sentences

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Adding unpaid labor onto one’s daily workload is draining and, provided your domestic partner is open to ameliorating the imbalance, solvable.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

But when it comes to extended relationships we’ve got: lover, domestic partner, significant other, longtime companion.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Such an order typically requires a court finding that the person “represents a credible threat” to a domestic partner.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2023

Another described a nurse referring to her domestic partner, now husband, as a “baby daddy.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

Somewhat later I made the acquaintance of the domestic partner of the chat family.

From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne