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Recent Examples of affianceThe 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 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
On Wednesday, von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first associate member -- a status that does not currently exist in the bloc's treaties and would have to be created.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2026
Wittgenstein proposed to abandon the appeal to essences for the concept of family resemblance.
In 1891, Mary, then 24, was betrothed to her second cousin once removed, Prince Albert, eldest son of the then Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII).
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Natasha Leake,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
And Agnes is betrothed to the formidable Commander Weston, who runs the Eyes and has a secret history of domestic violence.
As part of their mission, the groups are also committed to preserving quartet singing as well as being part of a chorus.
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Tom Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Sep. 2026
Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s.
Connected information can help close that gap by allowing organizations to identify patterns and engage customers before an issue becomes a larger business problem.
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Suresh Rajapakse,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2026
Cedric Richmond, a former Louisiana Democratic congressman who served as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, said the effort would focus on repeatedly engaging voters in rural communities who feel alienated from Democratic campaigns.