wedded also wed; wedding
1
: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry
2
: to join in marriage
3
: to unite as if by marriage: such as
a
: to place in close or intimate association
… films that made me conscious of the power of wedding image to music.—
Gerald Early
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b
: to link by commitment or custom
was wed to the old ways
: to enter into matrimony
wedder
noun
Wednesday
Examples of wed in a Sentence
Verb
They will wed in the fall.
The actress wed her fourth husband last year.
The novel weds tragedy and comedy.
His new writing job wedded his love of words and his eye for fashion.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Hsueh said that gold prices became more firmly wedded to the outlook for Fed rate policy starting around the the middle of May, and less tied to the correlation to energy prices that had prevailed since the start of the Iran war.
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Deena Zaidi,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
LaNasa has since remarried, wedding Melrose Place star Grant Show in 2012.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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.
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Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Verb
The second is a return to Sangiovese in its purest form, with estates not already wedded to international varieties retreating in favour of a more Tuscan identity.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Hsueh said that gold prices became more firmly wedded to the outlook for Fed rate policy starting around the the middle of May, and less tied to the correlation to energy prices that had prevailed since the start of the Iran war.
—
Deena Zaidi,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
LaNasa has since remarried, wedding Melrose Place star Grant Show in 2012.
—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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
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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wed. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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