marital status
noun
: the state of being married or not married
—used on official forms to ask if a person is married, single, divorced, or widowed
Please enter your marital status.
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But Swift was already in a loving, healthy relationship with Kelce in 2024, and their marital status doesn’t change that.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
There are saints in our midst in all parishes, who can bring us to Christ no matter what their gender or marital status might be.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
The range around 77% was tight and insignificant across age groups, gender, race, marital status, having children under 18 or not, full time vs. non-full time employment, union household or not, and income.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
What To Know The size of future Social Security benefit cuts would vary significantly depending on a couple's age, marital status, and employment history.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
There are saints in our midst in all parishes, who can bring us to Christ no matter what their gender or marital status might be.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
The range around 77% was tight and insignificant across age groups, gender, race, marital status, having children under 18 or not, full time vs. non-full time employment, union household or not, and income.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
What To Know The size of future Social Security benefit cuts would vary significantly depending on a couple's age, marital status, and employment history.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for marital status
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“Marital status.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marital%20status. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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