affiance

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Recent Examples of affiance The two got engaged in 2014 and have remained affianced since. Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023 Alexandra Crotin, a rep for Stone, later confirmed to USA TODAY the actress and writer are now affianced. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019 Below, more perfect gifts to get anyone freshly affianced. Vogue, 21 Nov. 2019 Agreeing to be honored in a good friend’s wedding does not mean signing up to pay for expensive group vacations — no matter what the magazines and affianced tell you. Judith Martin, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2019 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson became the subject of engagement rumors Monday afternoon with outlets reporting that they were recently affianced. Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 11 June 2018 The newly affianced, reluctant to trouble one another with family problems, may rent substitutes for parents who are divorced, incarcerated, or mentally ill. Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018 If this woman decides to yell at you for becoming affianced, that’s a real opportunity for her fiancé to lovingly encourage her to amend her bad behavior. Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affiance
Verb
  • The senator who had proposed the moratorium backed down during an overnight marathon session of votes on Republicans’ megabill, saying that state laws can help prevent AI deepfakes.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
  • After a lengthy discussion on what to send back to the jury, Judge Subramanian adopted the language for the note proposed by the prosecution.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich , Brendan McDonald, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • That is rich, coming from a presidential administration that promised to fight bureaucracy.
    Emma Collum, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • Del Mar will commence the start of its summer season on July 18 with a celebration that promises eye-catching arrays of color, lively music, bountiful beverages, and swift horses practically flying down the homestretch.
    Kelley Carlson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
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  • The Houston Texans have pledged $500,000 to the community after a deadly flash flood in Texas Hill Country claimed the lives of at least 32 people, including children, Friday.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • The Republican leader pledged to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a hard-line mass deportation policy.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • The benefit to New Yorkers are candidates who are not betrothed to special interests and the players have a level playing field (again, with that one exception).
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But an engagement announcement published five months earlier said she was betrothed to a Henry Strezelecki.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 16 July 2024
Verb
  • He’s played the last two seasons with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League — totaling 11-43-54 in 68 games this past season — but has already committed to Penn State in the fall.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • But a final decision to proceed and commit to the mission will not be made before the space agency's ministerial meeting in November.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Freyer was the inaugural CEO of Champions of Change Coalition, which engages leaders in accelerating progress on gender equality.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • Lipa and Turner recently got engaged, the singer confirmed in an interview with British Vogue published June 12, after fans noticed Lipa wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger in a Christmas Eve photo in December 2024.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 June 2025

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“Affiance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiance. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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