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wedded

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verb

variants also wed
past tense of wed
1
as in espoused
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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2
as in mated
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in coupled
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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4
as in proposed
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wedded
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That’s not because the drug didn’t work or was found to be unsafe, Sikiric said, but because the people at GSK were wedded to their own projects. Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 1 June 2026 The trouble was Genesis’s EV-centric plan fizzled out as sales stalled, while Europeans stayed wedded to the German monopoly. Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 These are filmmakers who became wedded to the idea of going to hell and back. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026 Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story. Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 The startup’s new partnership with Mastercard lets Rain target larger institutions who are already wedded to one payments network, Farooq Malik, cofounder and CEO, told Fortune. Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026 Pressing aggressively, in the way that Arsenal did at the Etihad, won’t work every week because few teams will be as wedded to playing out from the back as City — something that was to the home side’s detriment on Sunday, when Gianluigi Donnarumma conceded a farcical goal. Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, Russia continues to be wedded to a method of war that relies on attrition, scale and firepower. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026 Pitt is of the school of pal Bradley Cooper, wedded to bootcut jeans, bucket hats, and big label staples. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedded
Adjective
  • Years before the couple married, Taylor says her boyfriend spotted a handmade blanket draped over her nephew and immediately froze.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Jacob is married to Elise, played by Alison Brie, who is struggling with her latest novel.
    Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
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  • While Casa Azul, Frida’s birthplace and marital home, was converted into a museum just after her death, the nearby Casa Kahlo was an active residence of her descendants up until three years ago.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 15 June 2026
  • And as that was on the rise and non-marital households grew in the ‘60s and ’70s, kids raised in those homes start to show up in religious non-affiliation data.
    Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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