husband and wife

idiom

: a married couple
They were husband and wife for almost 60 years.

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Frey Ranch husband and wife founders Colby and Ashley Frey worked with renowned American whiskey master blender Nancy Fraley to select barrels that, in their opinion, were the best examples of the grain-to-glass mentality and process that defines the distillery. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 May 2025 Academy Award-winning Director Steven Soderbergh helms this tense spy drama charting the explosive fallout between husband and wife intelligence agents (Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett) when one of them is charged with betraying the country. Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 The husband and wife were both wearing life jackets at the time of the incident. Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025 When night fell, the husband and wife knelt on their clay floor. Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for husband and wife

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“Husband and wife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/husband%20and%20wife. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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