plural arranged marriages
: a marriage in which the spouses are chosen for each other by their parents
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This includes allowing parents to have arranged marriages for their young daughters.
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Scott McDonald, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
Fewer couples who have arranged marriages divorce than those who have love matches.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Millions of people have arranged marriages across the world that are extremely successful, and this film really highlights and celebrates the differences between Eastern and Western culture, in a way that feels totally nonjudgmental and truthful.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2023
Female friendship, our reviewer, Tatjana Soli, noted, is tested here by class differences, arranged marriages and wartime atrocities.
—Jennifer Krauss, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
For a long time, Raghda and Rafaa seemed fated to retrace the path of their five older sisters: arranged marriages while still young; children soon thereafter; faces covered with the niqab, the black veil that reveals only the eyes.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
As India has developed, women have become better educated and more empowered, and arranged marriages have declined.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
Legal loopholes at the federal and state levels have allowed forced and arranged marriages to continue, lawmakers and activists fighting to end the practice say.
—NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
But for young, American Muslims, whose parents or grandparents adhered to more traditional and strict family obligations in dating, or had arranged marriages, the pull of familial expectations can be tough.
—Monica Haider, Teen Vogue, 30 July 2019
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Scott McDonald, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
Fewer couples who have arranged marriages divorce than those who have love matches.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Millions of people have arranged marriages across the world that are extremely successful, and this film really highlights and celebrates the differences between Eastern and Western culture, in a way that feels totally nonjudgmental and truthful.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2023
Female friendship, our reviewer, Tatjana Soli, noted, is tested here by class differences, arranged marriages and wartime atrocities.
—Jennifer Krauss, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
For a long time, Raghda and Rafaa seemed fated to retrace the path of their five older sisters: arranged marriages while still young; children soon thereafter; faces covered with the niqab, the black veil that reveals only the eyes.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
As India has developed, women have become better educated and more empowered, and arranged marriages have declined.
—Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
Legal loopholes at the federal and state levels have allowed forced and arranged marriages to continue, lawmakers and activists fighting to end the practice say.
—NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
But for young, American Muslims, whose parents or grandparents adhered to more traditional and strict family obligations in dating, or had arranged marriages, the pull of familial expectations can be tough.
—Monica Haider, Teen Vogue, 30 July 2019
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“Arranged marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arranged%20marriage. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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