affianced 1 of 2

as in engaged
pledged in marriage the affianced couple are much-sought-after guests for this year's holiday parties

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

affianced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of affiance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for affianced
Adjective
  • Entrepreneurs who report higher well-being are more engaged in their businesses, thereby fueling their incentive to grow their ventures.
    Samantha Dewalt, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The majority of commenters agreed that the engaged couple were not in the wrong and that the in-laws were overreacting and being too sensitive.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An international team of researchers proposed that third-party imitation should probably prevail in social animals whose social behavioral repertoire varies within and across populations.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Village, one of the largest redevelopment projects proposed in Santa Ana in recent years, is set for City Council consideration on Tuesday.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the inconsistency, Washington remains committed to Coulibaly as a central piece of its rebuild.
    Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Podium34, with a string of committed donors already lined up, helped convince the IOC that awarding the Games to Salt Lake City early would pay dividends in the long run.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce brought a big week full circle by making their first public appearance as a betrothed couple at the place their love story began — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The day after Anne’s execution, Henry VIII became betrothed to his mistress, Jane Seymour.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On Monday, the company promised huge upgrades after acquiring radio spectrum for BoostMobile’s parent, EchoStar, in a $17 billion deal to bolster the satellite network’s throughput.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Undergraduate institutions have long promised America’s young people opportunities to learn in cloistered conditions that are deliberately curated, anachronistic, and unrepresentative of work and life outside the quad.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The move follows rising concerns over children’s exposure to inappropriate or harmful content from chatbots, lawsuits and congressional scrutiny, and comes as firms like OpenAI have pledged new parental controls.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The catch is The Wall Street Journal reported last Wednesday that OpenAI has pledged to pay Oracle $300 billion over roughly five years.
    Dan Runkevicius, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Affianced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affianced. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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