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
  • In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.
    Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
  • Stewart, so far, appears to be dancing to the beat of his own drum – proposing new ideas and gently resisting some of the conventions of the fashion system.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Platner appealed to his supporters by promising political change and addressing issues such as affordability.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • At least two data center developers in rural Johnson County working to get projects off the ground have promised benefits to their surrounding community, including promoting partnerships with Johnson County Community College.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Earth Fire Alliance is supported by various philanthropic foundations, including the Bezos Earth Fund which pledged $26 million in June.
    Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
  • Aerospace and defense Defense stocks boomed last year as NATO and European countries pledged to drastically increase their security budgets.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Count Almaviva seeks to exercise droit du seigneur over his wife’s maidservant, Susanna, who is betrothed to his valet, Figaro.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
  • Phoenix plays rebellious protagonist Lucius, who is betrothed to Howard's Ivy.
    Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Looking on in street clothes was 6-foot-5, 305-pound offensive tackle Lucas Rhoa, a Texas commit who can’t wait to throw his weight around when the pads come on.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • As a genealogist, Baxter has helped over 150 people trace their ancestral roots through her organization Our Genetic Legacy, a nonprofit committed to uncovering the hidden histories of Black and Indigenous people.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Salinger reveals Holden’s gentleness, itself a rejection of masculine norms of strength, through a determined honesty that is antithetical to the boasting in which his male peers repeatedly engage.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • How to make an iPhone a 'dumb phone' To simplify an iPhone, users should engage Assistive Access, an iOS feature intended for users with cognitive disabilities.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 7 July 2026

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“Affiance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affiance. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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