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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Season two explores the fallout of this reveal and Meredith and Derek spend a lot of time fighting their feelings for each other in light of Derek’s marital status.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Jobs that were physically demanding before retirement had a negative effect on the mental health of those in the middle-income group – this effect persisted even after accounting for gender, education, marital status, and age.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Baker returned to school in the depths of the Great Depression to earn a library science degree and began to hunt for a job in 1934, an effort hampered, Regina Sierra Carter writes in her dissertation on Baker, by her race, gender, marital status, and the economy.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
However, the biggest change comes in Lady Mary's marital status.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Jobs that were physically demanding before retirement had a negative effect on the mental health of those in the middle-income group – this effect persisted even after accounting for gender, education, marital status, and age.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Baker returned to school in the depths of the Great Depression to earn a library science degree and began to hunt for a job in 1934, an effort hampered, Regina Sierra Carter writes in her dissertation on Baker, by her race, gender, marital status, and the economy.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
However, the biggest change comes in Lady Mary's marital status.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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