open marriage
noun
: a marriage in which the partners agree to let each other have sexual partners outside the marriage
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Jean Garnett on West and Girl and open marriage.
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The two investigators had already begun building a strong circumstantial case against Frank Byers — the bullet casings in her home, his unlikely story that Makayla agreed to an open marriage and left with a bald man in a white truck.
—Liza Finley, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Some people may think the couple's drama is even deserved in cases like this, while others are rushing to quench their curiosity about what even is an open marriage.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Prenups force couples to agree on that definition, perhaps even setting terms for an open marriage or other relationship boundaries.
—Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
In this relationship comedy, a man (Kyle Marvin) seeks a little help from his friends after his wife (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, only to throw the friends’ (Dakota Johnson, Michael Angelo Covino) professedly open marriage into disarray in the process.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Splitsville understands why modern romance makes an open marriage so appealing.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Paul and Julie have an open marriage; their relationship is as modern as their taste in architecture, and Carey, guileless to a fault, assumes that his friend won’t mind.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The messages appeared to show a disagreement between the two over the terms of their open marriage, according to The Newnan Times-Herald.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
The two investigators had already begun building a strong circumstantial case against Frank Byers — the bullet casings in her home, his unlikely story that Makayla agreed to an open marriage and left with a bald man in a white truck.
—Liza Finley, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Some people may think the couple's drama is even deserved in cases like this, while others are rushing to quench their curiosity about what even is an open marriage.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Prenups force couples to agree on that definition, perhaps even setting terms for an open marriage or other relationship boundaries.
—Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
In this relationship comedy, a man (Kyle Marvin) seeks a little help from his friends after his wife (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, only to throw the friends’ (Dakota Johnson, Michael Angelo Covino) professedly open marriage into disarray in the process.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Splitsville understands why modern romance makes an open marriage so appealing.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Paul and Julie have an open marriage; their relationship is as modern as their taste in architecture, and Carey, guileless to a fault, assumes that his friend won’t mind.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
The messages appeared to show a disagreement between the two over the terms of their open marriage, according to The Newnan Times-Herald.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Open marriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20marriage. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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