How to Use polyamorous in a Sentence
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Remember that polyamorous people don't want to erase monogamy.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
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Or is this coming from a true desire to build a new polyamorous community?
—refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
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The polyamorous throuple found out Anna was pregnant, too, a few months later.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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Or is this coming from a true desire to build a polyamorous community in Austin?
—refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
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But experts say polyamorous breakups aren't so different from monogamous ones.
—Sam Woodward, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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Listen to podcasts, read books, give polyamorous creators a follow on social media.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
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Ne-Yo is making one thing clear — his polyamorous lifestyle is working for him, and his four girlfriends are on board with it.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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According to reports, the three men were in a polyamorous relationship.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
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Someone in a polyamorous relationship can have more than one relationship at a time.
—Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 23 Mar. 2023
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Yes, polyamorous relationships can end badly, but so can monogamous ones.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
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One of them is covered in tattoos; another is in a polyamorous relationship.
—Washington Post, 3 May 2022
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These terms are synonymous and ways to describe polyamorous relationships.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
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Gwyneth Paltrow is sharing her thoughts on polyamorous relationships.
—Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
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The pair have a polyamorous relationship, which is also a topic of discussion during the episode.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2021
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All couples and moresomes who are adults are welcome in the Dome – straight, lesbian, gay, bi, polyamorous and monogamous.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
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Ne-Yo is introducing the world to his new polyamorous lifestyle, sharing photos of his four girlfriends.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Paying homage to people who live in polyamorous relationships is important.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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The experiment takes a surprising turn when Jane falls in love with the polyamorous Valma.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
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The depiction of the messy complications of polyamorous love was refreshing at the time and remains so today.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
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The singer became public with his polyamorous lifestyle after his contentious divorce from Renay.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Feb. 2025
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For me, polyamorous relating is deeply connected to my love of Black people and my belief that there is more than enough love in the world for all of us.
—Dr. Jenn Jackson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
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Ne-Yo has seemingly added his backup dancer, Bri, to his polyamorous relationship.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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As is the case in Oates’s novel, the movie Monroe has a polyamorous tryst with two scions of Hollywood legends.
—Esther Zuckerman, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2022
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The bisexual polyamorous male protagonist as its lead sang out and won the readers' hearts at the Gaming Mag too.
—Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
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Writer William Marston lived in a polyamorous relationship with two women and his comics include a lot of gender swapping.
—Noah Berlatsky, CNN, 19 June 2021
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What makes Nick and Frances’s relationship distinctively not polyamorous is the mindset.
—Gabrielle Smith, Glamour, 16 May 2022
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Dating, kissing and intimacy of all kinds are acceptable in these polyamorous relationships, which is where jealousy comes in.
—cleveland, 6 June 2022
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Unless that person is polyamorous or has an open relationship with their partner in which both parties are on the same page and in agreement about what that means for them, this could be a big red flag.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
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Admittedly, Matt was initially skeptical about the idea of being polyamorous.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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And at the end of the day, of course, the benefits of a committed relationship are the same whether monogamous, polyamorous, legally recognized or not.
—Jenny Block, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023
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