soul mate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soul mate
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Running from murderous in-laws is nothing compared to the threat at the heart of “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen,” which depicts exchanging vows with a presumed soul mate as gambling with a curse.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
“Your soul mate statistically is in China,” she quips.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
Nearly a year after McVie died in November 2022, Nicks told Vulture that the British musician “was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
In a statement, Mrs Baldeh's husband Bocar said: "Aisa was my wife, my best friend, and my soul mate."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
He was looking at her like she’d stepped out of the pages of his comics, a living, breathing soul mate to Aditya, that wild, curly haired girl come to life.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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