as in wedded
of or relating to marriage
neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got
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Recent Examples of marital
For centuries, church courts dealt with marital disputes and adultery in Great Britain.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
Throughout everything — ex drama, allegations about their marital struggles, questions about Justin’s health — the Biebers have maintained a strong front.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Others wrote about marital disputes, weight gain, boredom, guilt, and sadness.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 26 July 2025
How Do Courts Divide Property Without A Prenup? States apply one of two distinct approaches when dividing marital property in a divorce: community property and equitable distribution.
—Julia Rodgers, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
Throughout everything — ex drama, allegations about their marital struggles, questions about Justin’s health — the Biebers have maintained a strong front.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025
Others wrote about marital disputes, weight gain, boredom, guilt, and sadness.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 26 July 2025
How Do Courts Divide Property Without A Prenup? States apply one of two distinct approaches when dividing marital property in a divorce: community property and equitable distribution.
—Julia Rodgers, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for marital
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marital
Adjective
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2024
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The female-nude painting hanging over her conjugal bed satirizes a freaky tendency that rocks her marital arrangement — an unsettling tour de force from Breillat.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 June 2024
Adjective
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The pair will reprise the roles of Jack Cooper and Jessica McFall, who are planning their New Year’s Eve wedding celebration until a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity threatens to upend the festivities and matrimonial merriment.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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The genesis of Housewives is rooted in domestic life in a certain subsect of American culture, so of course matrimonial affairs will always be a major theme throughout the cities, despite this fanbase’s penchant for misandry.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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How tiresome monogamy, married or otherwise, always seemed to her.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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However, the divorce was never finalized and the two remained legally married at the time of her death.—
Michael Dorgan , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The episode, which aired on Prime Video on Wednesday, Aug. 6, sees Belly running nuptial errands with ex Conrad’s help because Jeremiah is working.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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And since colonies are ever-expanding, males and virgin queens-to-be will leave their colonies and embark on nuptial flight.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2025
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The latest installment follows the central friends-to-lovers romance of Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), ending with their connubial bliss and a new Bridgerton baby, the future new Lord Featherington.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 June 2024
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But now, the widowed Sophie needs West to feign an engagement with her in order to push her younger (also widowed) sister Alexandra into her own connubial bliss.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Feb. 2024
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“Marital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marital. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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