domestic partnership
Americannoun
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the legal status of two unmarried people who live together and are granted certain legal spousal recognitions, such as eligibility for benefits or tax credits.
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Business. an arrangement in which a company based in a developing country collaborates with a foreign-based multinational.
Example Sentences
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She’s a 16-year-old Labrador retriever who became the target of a nasty custody fight between a California couple after the dissolution of their domestic partnership.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
“It may be a good idea to draft a domestic partnership agreement with an attorney that spells out the legal and financial responsibilities of each partner and how you would split anything jointly owned.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
Ms. Baldwin herself is not married, though she was in a domestic partnership that has since been dissolved.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
The once-a-decade census, the yearly American Community Survey and the annual Current Population Survey now allow same-sex couples a chance to answer if they are in a marriage or domestic partnership.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
In conjugation two complementary persons may supply one another's deficiencies: in the domestic partnership of marriage they only feel them and suffer from them.
From Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion by Shaw, Bernard
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