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Recent Examples of domestic partnership
Math alone makes opening domestic partnership to polyamorous relationships challenging.
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
The Academy’s domestic partnership for the Oscars, which has already included Hulu being the current streaming home of the awards telecast, will continue with Disney ABC through the 100th Oscars in 2028, as will the international partnership for the Oscars with Disney’s Buena Vista International.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025
It is also underrated as an affecting celebration of domestic partnership.
—Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
february 4, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2025
Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Life is full of necessary but mundane tasks, and in a domestic partnership, division of labor—who is doing the cooking, who is cleaning, who's got a handle on laundry—always comes up.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
Sony Pictures Entertainment is further cementing its relationship with Netflix, entering into a first-of-its-kind global Pay-1 deal with the streamer, expanding on a years-long domestic partnership.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
The Academy’s domestic partnership for the Oscars, which has already included Hulu being the current streaming home of the awards telecast, will continue with Disney ABC through the 100th Oscars in 2028, as will the international partnership for the Oscars with Disney’s Buena Vista International.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025
It is also underrated as an affecting celebration of domestic partnership.
—Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
february 4, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic partnership
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The project was part of a $1 billion modernization program. 2011: For the first time in Illinois history, gay and lesbian couples obtained civil unions.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The 2014 act went further than the original laws by banning marriages and civil unions, the operation of gay organizations and social clubs, public expressions of LGBTQ+ identity and advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights.—
Damisola Sulaiman,
The Dial,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The information contained in this article reflects multiple conversations with various sources at the Spanish champions, all of whom wanted to speak anonymously to protect relationships.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Investors had cheered the talks and the prospect of change at a fiercely independent company that had relied on decades-old relationships.—
Edwin Chan,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.—
Stephanie H. Murray,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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Edgar’s absorbing historical study of intermarriage is based on policy documents, Soviet ethnographic research, and over 80 in-depth interviews with members of mixed marriages and their adult children in the ethnically diverse Soviet republic of Kazakhstan and less diverse Tajikistan.—
Robert Hornsby,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Oct. 2023
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Is cohabitation the feminist future?—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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In a statement regarding the revised bill, per CBS News, Blakespear stressed the importance of cohabitation between Californians and local wildlife species as the effects of climate change worsen.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Domestic partnership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic%20partnership. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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