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An increase in marriages is a strong indicator of a forthcoming rise in births, as childbirth outside of wedlock is uncommon in South Korea.—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 The American-French stepdaughter of Sylvie born out of wedlock, Geneviève is an NYU grad who moved to Paris in Season 4 and got hired at Agence Grateau where Emily gracefully took her under her wing.—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 June 2025 The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025 Rules about Greenlandic children born out of wedlock strongly penalized children with unmarried parents.—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wedlock
Word History
Etymology
Middle English wedlok, from Old English wedlāc marriage bond, from wedd pledge + -lāc, suffix denoting activity
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