same-sex
adjective
: of, relating to, or involving members of the same sex
same-sex twins
same-sex marriage
Examples of same-sex in a Sentence
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The law also applied to same-sex couples who married in California but were not residents.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
This can also be mirrored by same-sex couples.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
In mainland China, the community has faced an intensifying crackdown since Xi Jinping came to power more than a decade ago; Pride parades have been canceled, films and TV shows featuring same-sex themes banned, and LGBTQ+ accounts shut down on the nation’s most popular messaging app.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Instead, like many other same-sex couples, Berton and Higginbotham, who live in Santa Clara County, had to pay $45,000 out of pocket to conceive while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Instead, like many other same-sex couples, Berton and Higginbotham, who live in California, had to pay $45,000 out of pocket to conceive while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit was filed December 19 by Waco Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley against members of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, who sanctioned Hensley in 2019 for refusing to officiate same-sex weddings, the Texas Tribune reported.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 22 Dec. 2025
In the landmark Wichita Falls case a quarter-century ago, two picture books about same-sex parents were barely read until a political campaign targeted them; afterward, each title was checked out over a hundred times.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European coalition government's work on pushing through a bill legalizing same-sex unions has been held back by resistance from his conservative coalition partner.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
This can also be mirrored by same-sex couples.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
In mainland China, the community has faced an intensifying crackdown since Xi Jinping came to power more than a decade ago; Pride parades have been canceled, films and TV shows featuring same-sex themes banned, and LGBTQ+ accounts shut down on the nation’s most popular messaging app.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Instead, like many other same-sex couples, Berton and Higginbotham, who live in Santa Clara County, had to pay $45,000 out of pocket to conceive while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Instead, like many other same-sex couples, Berton and Higginbotham, who live in California, had to pay $45,000 out of pocket to conceive while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The lawsuit was filed December 19 by Waco Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley against members of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, who sanctioned Hensley in 2019 for refusing to officiate same-sex weddings, the Texas Tribune reported.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 22 Dec. 2025
In the landmark Wichita Falls case a quarter-century ago, two picture books about same-sex parents were barely read until a political campaign targeted them; afterward, each title was checked out over a hundred times.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-European coalition government's work on pushing through a bill legalizing same-sex unions has been held back by resistance from his conservative coalition partner.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Same-sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/same-sex. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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