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as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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Recent Examples of marry Lautner married Taylor Dome, now another Taylor Lautner in November 2022. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 July 2025 John performed at Kraft’s 2022 wedding, along with Ed Sheeran and Meek Mill. Kraft and Blumberg got married in front of more than 200 guests during a surprise wedding ceremony at the Hall des Lumières in New York City. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 6 July 2025 In 2017, Cody Barbo told a room of investors that he was getting married in a month. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025 One of my closest friends, after the death of her parents, found out that one was married before and that the other had two other children with someone else. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for marry
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    Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
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    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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  • Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine shakes hands with Coco Gauff of the U.S. after winning the first round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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    Lela London, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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  • Her eldest child, Edward Jr., survived and his father remarried.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • His mother left shortly after he was born and his father remarried and moved away, so he and his older sister, Bobbie, were raised by their grandparents.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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  • Spanning three levels and over 17,000-square-feet, The Louis combines retail, exhibition and hospitality spaces.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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  • And the National Climate Assessment was one of the primary tools connecting those dots.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 1 July 2025
  • This mitigates risks connected with material substitutions and the use fake textiles by subsuppliers, in addition to easing custom clearance and avoiding import bans.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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  • He’s played the last two seasons with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League — totaling 11-43-54 in 68 games this past season — but has already committed to Penn State in the fall.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 28 June 2025
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    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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  • After a lengthy discussion on what to send back to the jury, Judge Subramanian adopted the language for the note proposed by the prosecution.
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    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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