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spousal

[spou-zuhl] / ˈspaʊ zəl /




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If your spouse or ex-spouse retires before you do, you may be eligible to collect spousal benefits.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

When you file at 70, she becomes eligible for a spousal benefit based on your record.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Because the GPO has been repealed, her teacher’s pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

As for spousal benefits: If you marry, she likely would no longer be eligible to receive divorced-spouse benefits on her living ex-husband’s Social Security record.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 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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