estranged wife

collocation in English

meaningsofestrangedandwife

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estranged
adjective
uk
/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/us
/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
an estranged husband or wife is not now living with the person they are ...
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wife
noun[C]
uk
/waɪf/us
/waɪf/
the woman that you are ...
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(Definition ofestrangedandwifefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When a father makes such an application to a court, presumably theestrangedwifeor partner would have the right to challenge it.
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This in itself sometimes means that this further step is to the benefit of theestrangedwife.
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It related to the serious case of a divorced person trying to use the records to get in touch with anestrangedwifeor husband.
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As with an order for possession, however, some local authorities will not give theestrangedwifepriority for accommodation until a warrant for possession has been served.
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He was in a custody battle with hisestrangedwifeat the time.
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His one previous work was, as hisestrangedwiferemarked, a film about an idea.
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When he enters, he sees hisestrangedwifeand his heart softens.
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Chibs is reunited with hisestrangedwifeand his daughter.
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Hisestrangedwifereportedly signed his recall petition.
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Ali spends months trying to track hisestrangedwifedown.
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Lane finds fulfillment in his new position, though he regrets not being able to be with hisestrangedwifeand young daughter.
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David began work on it in 1796, after hisestrangedwifevisited him in jail.
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They arrived to find hisestrangedwife, pounding on doors and peeking in windows of the couple's mansion.
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He is too weak, however, to push the chair away from under his feet and proceeds home where he reconciles with hisestrangedwife.
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Hawkeye (who is already a full member, having returned to the series a year earlier) admits he did not vote for her and describes her as hisestrangedwife.
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Sheila finds him boring and tries to avoid him, but to her relief he tells her hisestrangedwifehas returned.
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She has fought against child labor, for the economic rights of women, estranged wives and domestic violence cases.
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